Entropy and diversity: the axiomatic approach
Auteur :
Leinster, Tom
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108965576
Date de publication :
22 avr. 2021
Dimensions :
15,0 x 23,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
690 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
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.