Essays Tagged: "mathematical approaches"

Short biography of Martinus J. G. Veltman, written in first person, about the Nobel prize winner for chemistry

ield theories.By the 1960's I had developed a computer program that could be used to test different mathematical approaches to the calculation problems arising from the theories. In 1969, a student on ... exactly where our calculations said it would be.The Nobel Prize was awarded to Hooft and I for our mathematical accomplishments in quantum physics. I am Professor Emeritus at the University of Michig ...

(1 pages) 31 0 4.4 Nov/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Economics: a microeconomics handbook.

Mathematical Approaches to Microeconomics: A Handbook.Introduction.Economics is not a clearly define ... n to indifference curves was to provide a prelude before entering into a treatment of some of their mathematical properties. Each individual has his or her own indifference curve, which may or may not ... inverse relationship - when one increases, the other must decrease in compensation, and vice versa. Mathematically, it is clear that the first derivative of Good A with respect to Good B must be negat ...

(18 pages) 257 0 3.7 Nov/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Four Major Approaches to Clinical Psychology

gh philosophy and psychology parted ways in the nineteenth century to make way for more logical and mathematical approaches. The origin and influence of philosophy on psychological methods is still de ...

(7 pages) 130 1 3.7 Feb/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology