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'''The VNR Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics''' is an [[encyclopedia]] of [[mathematics]].

== Table of contents ==

Table of contents, 1975 edition.

=== Elementary mathematics ==

* Fundamental [[Operation (mathematics)|operations]] on [[Rational number|rational numbers]]
* Higher arithmetical operations
* Development of the [[number system]]
* Algebraic explanation
* [[Function (mathematics)|Functions]]
* [[Percentage|Percentages]], [[Interest (mathematics|interest]], and [[Annuity|annuities]]
* [[Plane geometry]]
* [[Solid geometry]]
* [[Descriptive geometry]]
* [[Trigonometry]]
* [[Plane trigonometry]]
* [[Spherical trigonometry]]
* [[Analytic geometry of the plane]]

=== Steps towards higher mathematics ==

* [[Set theory]]
* Elements of [[mathematical logic]]
* [[Group (mathematics)|Groups]] and [[Field (mathematics)|fields]]
* [[Linear algebra]]
* [[Sequence|Sequences]], [[series]], [[limits]]
* [[Differential calculus]]
* [[Integral calculus]]
* Series of functions
* Ordinary [[Differential equation|differential equations]]
* [[Complex analysis]]
* [[Analytic geometry of space]]
* [[Projective geometry]]
* [[Differential geometry]], [[Concave body|concave bodies]], [[integral geometry]]
* [[Probability theory]] and [[statistics]]
* [[Calculus of errors]] [[adjustment of data]], [[approximation theory]]
* [[Numerical analysis]]
* [[Mathematical optimization]]

=== Brief reports on selected topics ===

* [[Number theory]]
* [[Algebraic geometry]]
* Further algebraic structures
* [[Topology]]
* [[Measure theory]]
* [[Graph theory]]
* [[Potential theory]] and [[Partial differential equation|partial differential equations]]
* [[Calculus of variation]]
* [[Integral equation|Integral equations]]
* [[Functional analysis]]
* [[Foundation of geometry]]
** [[Euclidean geometry]]
** [[non-Euclidean geometry]]
* [[Foundations of mathematics]]

=== Tables ===

=== Plates ===

== Editors ==

* W. Gellert
* H. Kustner (sp.)
* M. Hellwich
* H. Kastner (sp.)

== Scientific advisors ==

* K.A. Hirsch
* H. Reichardt

== Publisher ==

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company.

== See also ==

* [[Mathematics]]
* [[Mathematics glossary]]