Tentative recommendations for the undergraduate mathematics program of students in the biological management and social sciences [electronic resource] / William L. Duren.

This report describes a program for the undergraduate mathematical preparation of students in the biological, management, and social sciences (bmss). The committee recommends a sequence of courses which is designed to provide varied training in mathematics in the limited time bmss students have avai...

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Main Author: Duren, William L.
Corporate Author: Mathematical Association of America. Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1964.
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