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Getting started with Mathematica

Title
Getting started with Mathematica / C-K. Cheung [and others].
Publication
Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, ©2005.

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Additional Authors
Cheung, Chi Keung.
Description
xiii, 231 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
This guide gives a stream-lined, but fairly extensive introduction to Mathematica. It primarily covers Mathematica 5.0, although references to earlier versions are included in cases where significant changes have been made.
Subject
  • Mathematica (Computer file)
  • Mathematics > Data processing
  • Mathematica (computerprogramma)
  • MATHEMATICS
  • COMPUTERS
  • DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
  • DATA PROCESSING
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
Part 1. Basic Mathematica commands -- 1. Running Mathematica -- 2. Calculator features in Mathematica -- 3. Variables and functions -- 4. Computer algebra -- 5. Working with equations -- 6. Mathematica lists -- 7. Getting help and loading packages -- Part 2. 2-D pictures in Mathematica -- 8. Making graphs -- 9. Plotting a curve -- 10. More on Mathematica 2D graphics -- Part 3. Mathematica for one-variable calculus -- 11. Limits and derivatives -- 12. Integration -- 13. Series, Taylor series, and Fourier series -- Part 4. 3-D pictures in Mathematica -- 14. Making graphs in space -- 15. Level curves and level surfaces -- 16. Parametric curves and surfaces in space -- Part 5. Mathematica for advanced calculus -- 17. Partial differentiation and multiple integration -- 18. Matrices and vectors -- 19. Vector fields -- 20. Solving differential equations -- 21. Solving partial differential equations -- Part 6. Using Mathematica in statistics -- 22. More about lists -- 23. Basic statistics -- 24. Regression and interpolation -- Part 7. Advanced features of Mathematica -- 25. Advanced graphics in Mathematica -- 26. Writing Mathematica programs -- 27. Animation -- 28. Random numbers and simulation -- Appendices: -- A. Working with notebooks -- B. Input shortcuts.
ISBN
  • 0471478156
  • 9780471478157
LCCN
2005275475
OCLC
  • ocm58531859
  • 58531859
  • SCSB-9180933
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library