"This third edition of a bestseller is now presented as a three-volume set, making it much more accessible and easier to use when searching for information. Keeping the format that made its predecessors so popular, this edition has been extensively expanded, revised, and updated. It now contains over 12,800 entries. Each article provides definitions, formulas, illustrations, web links, bibliographic information, and facts from mathematics, the sciences, and engineering. This new edition is written in an informal style, making it accessible to anyone who has an interest and some background in mathematics. The three-volume set is beautifully bound with much improved typesetting and format."--Publisher's description.