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1 online resource |
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A Dialogue Between a Mathematician and Toyota's Chairman: Think, Think, and Think Again / Fujio Cho, Toshiyuki Kobayashi -- BNP Paribas/Tokyo / Yusuke Yasuda -- Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. / Yasuchika Hasegawa -- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) / Norio Wada -- Nomura Holdings, Inc. / Kenichi Watanabe -- HORIBA, Ltd. / Atsushi Horiba -- Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI) / Eisuke Masada -- Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) / Hirobumi Kawano -- Iwane Laboratories, Ltd. / Waro Iwane -- Mathematics and I / Kaoru Yosano, Kaoru Yosano, Kaoru Yosano -- Mathematics for Industry: Principle, Reality and Practice, from the Point of View of a Mathematician / Masahiro Yamamoto -- Importance and Unpredictable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Real World and for Industry / Masato Wakayama, Masato Wakayama -- Mathematics for Business and Business Leaders Based on Mathematical Intelligence / Hiroshi Fujita |
| Summary |
Japan is a tiny country that occupies only 0.25% of the world's total land area. However, this small country is the world's third largest in economy: the Japanese GDP is roughly equivalent to the sum of any two major countries in Europe as of 2012. This book is a first attempt to ask leaders of top Japanese companies, such as Toyota, about their thoughts on mathematics. The topics range from mathematical problems in specific areas (e.g., exploration of natural resources, communication networks, finance) to mathematical strategy that helps a leader who has to weigh many different issues and make decisions in a timely manner, and even to mathematical literacy that ensures quality control. The reader may notice that every article reflects the authors' way of life and thinking, which can be evident in even one sentence. This book is an enlarged English edition of the Japanese book What Mathematics Can Do for You: Essays and Tips from Japanese Industry Leaders. In this edition we have invited the contributions of three mathematicians who have been working to expand and strengthen the interaction between mathematics and industry. The role of mathematics is usually invisible when it is applied effectively and smoothly in science and technology, and mathematical strategy is often hidden when it is used properly and successfully. The business leaders in successful top Japanese companies are well aware of this invisible feature of mathematics in applications aside from the intrinsic depth of mathematics. What Mathematics Can Do for You ultimately provides the reader an opportunity to notice what is hidden but key to business strategy |
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Mathematics |
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Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics |
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Mathematics Education |
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Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences |
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sociale wetenschappen |
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social sciences |
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geesteswetenschappen |
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humanities |
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wiskunde |
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wiskundige modellen |
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mathematical models |
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toegepaste wiskunde |
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applied mathematics |
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onderwijs |
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education |
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Mathematics (General) |
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Wiskunde (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- Popular works
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Mathematics
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MATHEMATICS -- Essays.
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MATHEMATICS -- Pre-Calculus.
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MATHEMATICS -- Reference.
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Matemáticas -- Obras de divulgación
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Mathematics
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Giga, Yoshikazu.
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Kobayashi, Toshiyuki, 1962-
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| ISBN |
9784431543466 |
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4431543465 |
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