The term finite mathematics refers either to
- discrete mathematics, or to
- a course conventionally required of business students, in which the curriculum brings together several mathematical topics, including basic probability theory, an introduction to linear programming, some theory of matrices and determinants, and sometimes an abbreviated account of calculus.
Famous quotes containing the word finite:
“Are not all finite beings better pleased with motions relative than absolute?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)