This work is the ninth edition of our text for the traditional finite mathematics course taught to first- and second-year college students, especially those majoring in business and the social and biological sciences. Finite mathematics courses exhibit tremendous diversity with respect to both content and approach. Therefore, in developing this book, we incorporated a wide range of topics from which an instructor may design a curriculum, as well as a high degree of flexibility in the order in which the topics may be presented. For the mathematics of finance, we even allow for flexibility in the approach of the presentation.
1. Linear Equations and Straight Lines
2. Matrices
3. Linear Programming, A Geometric Approach
4. The Simplex Method
5. Sets and Counting
6. Probability
7. Probability and Statistics
8. Markov Processes
9. The Theory of Games
10. The Mathematics of Finance
Etc.