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    <title>Mathematics and quantitative methods for business and economics</title>
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    <namePart>Shao, Stephen P.</namePart>
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    <namePart>Shao, Lawrence P.</namePart>
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    <publisher>South-Western Publishing</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1976</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>ix, 594 p.: ill.;</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Contents: Sets -- Fundamental algebraic operations --  Linear equations -- Radicals and quadratic equations  -- Equations of degree higher than two  -- Vectors and matrices -- Solving equations by matrix algebra -- Linear programming -- Simplex method for maximization -- simplex method for minimization -- Probability and applications -- Bayes' theorem and applications -- Expected values and decision rules -- Mathematics of finance -- Sequences and series -- Logarithms -- Differential calculus -- Differentiation for special functions -- Applications of derivatives -- Integral calculus -- Appendix: Tables -- Answers to odd-numbered problems -- </tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Stephen P. Shao </note>
  <note>Includes index.</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Business Mathematics</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">HF5691.S2</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">0538133503</identifier>
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