Entropy and diversity: the axiomatic approach
Auteur :
Leinster, Tom
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108832700
Date de publication :
22 avr. 2021
Dimensions :
16,0 x 23,5 x 3,0 cm
Poids :
830 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The biodiversity crisis is one of our most urgent problems. This book develops the mathematics behind the measurement of diversity, spanning a great breadth of subjects: from geometry to logic, from algebra to probability theory. The mathematical prerequisites are few, accessible to mathematicians and biologists with a mathematical background.