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Dictionary of Classical Theoretical Mathematics
The Dictionary of Classical and Theoretical Mathematics, one volume of the Comprehensive Dictionary of Mathematics, includes entries from the fields of geometry, logic, number theory, set theory, and topology. The authors who contributed their work to this volume are professional mathematicians, active in both teaching and research. The goal in writing this dictionary has been to define each term rigorously, not to author a large and comprehensive survey text in mathematics. Though it has remained our purpose to make each definition self-contained, some definitions unavoidably depend on others, and a modicum of “definition chasing” is necessitated. We hope this is minimal. The authors have attempted to extend the scope of this dictionary to the fringes of commonly accepted higher mathematics. Surely, some readers will regard an excluded term as being mistakenly overlooked, and an included term as one “not quite yet cooked” by years of use by a broad mathematical community. Such differences in taste cannot be circumnavigated, even by our well intentioned and diligent authors. Mathematics is a living and breathing entity, changing daily, so a list of included terms may be regarded only as a snapshot in time.
http://rapidshare.de/files/22948942/Cavagnaro___Haight_-_Dictionary_of_Classical___Theoretical_Mathematics__CRC_Press_2001__4AH.pdf
Electrical Engineering Dictionary
One can only appreciate the magnitude of effort required to develop a dictionary by actually experiencing it. Although the author had written nine other books, he certainly did not know what he was getting into when in January of 1996 I agreed to serve as Editor-in- Chief for this project. Unlike other books that he has written, creating this dictionary was more a test of will and stamina and an exercise in project management than mere writing. And although he had managed organizations of up to 80 academics, nothing is more like “herding cats” than motivating an international collection of almost 200 distinguished engineers, scientists, and educators scattered around the globe almost entirely via email. Yet, he thinks there is no other way to undertake a project like this. He still marvels at how Noah Webster must have managed to construct his English Dictionary without the benefits of modern communication. But this project, as much as it is a monument to individual will, is really the collaborative work of many brilliant and dedicated men and women. This is their dictionary and your dictionary.
http://rapidshare.de/files/22590033/Laplante_-_Electrical_Engineering_Dictionary__CRC_Press_2000_.pdf
The Dictionary of Classical and Theoretical Mathematics, one volume of the Comprehensive Dictionary of Mathematics, includes entries from the fields of geometry, logic, number theory, set theory, and topology. The authors who contributed their work to this volume are professional mathematicians, active in both teaching and research. The goal in writing this dictionary has been to define each term rigorously, not to author a large and comprehensive survey text in mathematics. Though it has remained our purpose to make each definition self-contained, some definitions unavoidably depend on others, and a modicum of “definition chasing” is necessitated. We hope this is minimal. The authors have attempted to extend the scope of this dictionary to the fringes of commonly accepted higher mathematics. Surely, some readers will regard an excluded term as being mistakenly overlooked, and an included term as one “not quite yet cooked” by years of use by a broad mathematical community. Such differences in taste cannot be circumnavigated, even by our well intentioned and diligent authors. Mathematics is a living and breathing entity, changing daily, so a list of included terms may be regarded only as a snapshot in time.
http://rapidshare.de/files/22948942/Cavagnaro___Haight_-_Dictionary_of_Classical___Theoretical_Mathematics__CRC_Press_2001__4AH.pdf
Electrical Engineering Dictionary
One can only appreciate the magnitude of effort required to develop a dictionary by actually experiencing it. Although the author had written nine other books, he certainly did not know what he was getting into when in January of 1996 I agreed to serve as Editor-in- Chief for this project. Unlike other books that he has written, creating this dictionary was more a test of will and stamina and an exercise in project management than mere writing. And although he had managed organizations of up to 80 academics, nothing is more like “herding cats” than motivating an international collection of almost 200 distinguished engineers, scientists, and educators scattered around the globe almost entirely via email. Yet, he thinks there is no other way to undertake a project like this. He still marvels at how Noah Webster must have managed to construct his English Dictionary without the benefits of modern communication. But this project, as much as it is a monument to individual will, is really the collaborative work of many brilliant and dedicated men and women. This is their dictionary and your dictionary.
http://rapidshare.de/files/22590033/Laplante_-_Electrical_Engineering_Dictionary__CRC_Press_2000_.pdf
