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A Crash Course in Mathematica / by Stephan Kaufmann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaufmann, Stephan., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Computer science--Mathematics.
- Computer science.
- Computer software.
- Mathematics of Computing.
- Mathematical Software.
- Local Subjects:
- Mathematics of Computing.
- Mathematical Software.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 1999.
- Place of Publication:
- Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "A Crash Course in Mathematica" is a compact introduction to the program Mathematica, which is widely used in mathematics, as well as in the natural and engineering sciences.
- Contents:
- A Short Tour
- Formula Entry
- Numerical Calculations
- Symbolic Mathematics
- Graphics
- Programming
- Some of the Most Important Functions
- 1: The Basics
- 1.1 The Structure of the Program
- 1.2 Online Documentation
- 1.3 Formulas
- 1.4 Simple Calculations
- 2: Graphics
- 2.1 Graphs of Functions of One Variable
- 2.2 Graphs of Functions of Two Variables
- 2.3 Parametric Plots
- 2.4 Tools from Standard Packages
- 2.5 Animations
- 2.6 Exporting to Other Programs
- 3: Lists and Graphics Programming
- 3.1 Lists
- 3.2 Calculating with Lists
- 3.3 Linear Algebra
- 3.4 Graphics Programming
- 3.5 Application: Animating a Mechanism
- 4: Introduction to Programming
- 4.1 Expressions
- 4.2 Patterns
- 4.3 Evaluation
- 4.4 Programming Tools
- 4.5 Further Information.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 3-0348-7589-4
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