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(Davidson College, Usa)
  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 252 pages
  • Sērija : Problem Solving in Mathematics and Beyond 20
  • Izdošanas datums: 24-Dec-2020
  • Izdevniecība: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 9811224870
  • ISBN-13: 9789811224874
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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 252 pages
  • Sērija : Problem Solving in Mathematics and Beyond 20
  • Izdošanas datums: 24-Dec-2020
  • Izdevniecība: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 9811224870
  • ISBN-13: 9789811224874
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"Sports analytics has gathered tremendous momentum as one of the most dynamic fields. Diving deep into the numbers of sports can be game changing or simply a fun exercise for fans. How do you get in the game with numbers? What questions can be explored? What actionable insights can be gleaned? Do you like sports? This book will detail ways to analyze athletics to gain insight that can otherwise be obscured. Like math? You'll find many mathematical topics not involving sports. You'll also see how sports analytics can train you broadly in mathematics. From coaching at the highest levels to national media broadcasts, analytics are becoming increasingly indispensable. Dive into the numbers behind soccer to basketball to baseball to boxing to swimming, dive into the numbers Learn how to get in the game with sports and mathematics"--

Sports analytics has gathered tremendous momentum as one of the most dynamic fields. Diving deep into the numbers of sports can be game changing or simply a fun exercise for fans. How do you get in the game with numbers? What questions can be explored? What actionable insights can be gleaned? Do you like sports? This book will detail ways to analyze athletics to gain insight that can otherwise be obscured. Like math? You'll find many mathematical topics not involving sports. You'll also see how sports analytics can train you broadly in mathematics. From coaching at the highest levels to national media broadcasts, analytics are becoming increasingly indispensable. Dive into the numbers behind soccer to basketball to baseball to boxing to swimming, dive into the numbers Learn how to get in the game with sports and mathematics.

Preface vii
About the Author ix
Acknowledgments xi
Chapter 1 Game On!
1(14)
1.1 Numeric Eyes
2(2)
1.2 Story Behind the Numbers
4(2)
1.3 LeBron's Sharp Mathematical Eye
6(3)
1.4 Zero Impossibility
9(1)
1.5 Baseball's 100 Year Error
10(1)
1.6 The 64 = 65 Fib
11(4)
Chapter 2 Trick Plays
15(14)
2.1 Mathematical Magic
17(4)
2.2 Paradoxical Insight
21(4)
2.3 Disappearing Dissection
25(1)
2.4 Footnotably Perfect
26(3)
Chapter 3 Finding Hall of Famers
29(12)
3.1 Finding the Oddball
29(3)
3.2 Spatial Difference
32(2)
3.3 Best Matches
34(1)
3.4 Finding Closest Musicals
35(1)
3.5 We are the Champions
36(2)
3.6 Image Detection
38(1)
3.7 A Bit of Pythagorean History
39(2)
Chapter 4 Fan Excitement
41(10)
4.1 Intricate Images
41(6)
4.2 Math of the Instagram Egg
47(1)
4.3 Not So Fast
48(3)
Chapter 5 Predicting the Future
51(12)
5.1 Pythagoras' Crystal Ball
51(3)
5.2 Lies and Correlations
54(4)
5.3 Regress to a New World Record
58(3)
5.4 Google's Billion-Dollar Ranking
61(2)
Chapter 6 Your Number One
63(12)
6.1 Winning Percentage
64(1)
6.2 All About Wins and Losses
65(4)
6.3 Get to the Point
69(1)
6.4 Not Just Another Win
70(2)
6.5 Rating Madness
72(3)
Chapter 7 Pigeonholing an Athlete
75(6)
7.1 Knowing Two Needles are in a Haystack
75(4)
7.2 Birthday Buddies
79(1)
7.3 Pigeonholed Record
80(1)
Chapter 8 Being Average
81(12)
8.1 Mean About Barry Sanders
81(1)
8.2 Million-Dollar Pay
82(1)
8.3 Eyeing a Black and White Image
83(4)
8.4 Typewriter Artistry
87(3)
8.5 Colorful Math Mosaics
90(3)
Chapter 9 Games of Chance
93(12)
9.1 Messi Calculation
93(1)
9.2 Flipped Out Calculation
94(2)
9.3 Math Pub Darts
96(3)
9.4 Klutzy Math
99(4)
9.5 Super Maddening Predictions
103(2)
Chapter 10 Sporting Lessons
105(16)
10.1 Step into the Unknown
105(2)
10.2 What's Your Problem?
107(2)
10.3 To Err is to Learn
109(2)
10.4 Embracing Imperfection
111(2)
10.5 Dealing with Enormity
113(2)
10.6 Get Graphic
115(2)
10.7 A Bit of Humanity in Mathematics
117(4)
Chapter 11 Thinking in Angles
121(10)
11.1 Polar Position
122(1)
11.2 Angling an MLB Ballpark
123(3)
11.3 Global Projection
126(5)
Chapter 12 Calculus -- Just Do It!
131(16)
12.1 Calculus of Usain Bolt
131(2)
12.2 Steeler Integration -- Just Do It
133(4)
12.3 Simulated Calculus
137(3)
12.4 Free Fall in the Movies
140(2)
12.5 Predicting a Soccer Ball's Flight
142(2)
12.6 Look like a Calculus Genius
144(3)
Chapter 13 Passing Secret Notes
147(10)
13.1 Cryptic Sidelines
147(1)
13.2 Caesar's Mathematics
148(5)
13.3 More Advanced Cryptography
153(4)
Chapter 14 Measuring the Probable
157(14)
14.1 Improbable Perfection
158(2)
14.2 Yard by Yard in the NFL
160(2)
14.3 To Swing or Not in Mudville's
162(4)
14.4 Probable Super Bowl Score
166(5)
Chapter 15 Robot Reporters
171(8)
15.1 Automated Storytelling
171(1)
15.2 Going Ape on a Typewriter
172(3)
15.3 Computational Shakespeare
175(1)
15.4 Mathematical Love Poem
176(3)
Chapter 16 It's Only a Game
179(8)
16.1 Die-ing to Play Baseball
179(1)
16.2 A Winning Fib
180(2)
16.3 Dodgeball on Paper
182(1)
16.4 Dodging Infinity
183(4)
Chapter 17 Playing in a Higher Dimension
187(10)
17.1 Managing the MLB in 13 Dimensions
187(2)
17.2 Seeing 3D Two Dimensionally
189(3)
17.3 Seeing a 4D Cube
192(1)
17.4 Understanding a 4D World
193(2)
17.5 Close but in a Higher Dimension
195(2)
Chapter 18 Tied in Knots
197(10)
18.1 Bendable Alphabet
199(1)
18.2 Hand-to-Hand Mathematics
200(1)
18.3 Flexible Thinking in 3D
201(2)
18.4 Flexing Data
203(4)
Chapter 19 More Sporting Lessons
207(16)
19.1 Unknown until Known
207(3)
19.2 Sick of Data
210(1)
19.3 Searching the Signal
211(2)
19.4 Analytics Antenna
213(3)
19.5 Consumable Analytics
216(1)
19.6 Gaming the System
217(3)
19.7 Coachable Results
220(3)
Chapter 20 Getting in the Game
223(4)
Bibliography 227(4)
Index 231