Mathematica by Example
- 6th Edition - June 1, 2021
- Authors: Martha L. Abell, James P. Braselton
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 1 6 3 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 8 1 7 - 7
Mathematica by Example, Sixth Edition is an essential resource for the Mathematica user, providing step-by-step instructions on achieving results from this powerful software… Read more
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Request a sales quoteMathematica by Example, Sixth Edition is an essential resource for the Mathematica user, providing step-by-step instructions on achieving results from this powerful software tool. The book fully accounts for the changes to functionality and visualization capabilities and accomodates the full array of new extensions in the types of data and problems that Mathematica can immediately handle, including cloud services and systems, geographic and geometric computation, dynamic visualization, interactive applications and other improvements. It is an ideal text for scientific students, researchers, and aspiring programmers seeking further understanding of Mathematica.
Written by seasoned practitioners with a view to practical implementation and problem-solving, the book's pedagogy is delivered clearly and without jargon using representative biological, physical and engineering problems. Code is provided on an ancillary website to support the use of Mathematica across diverse applications and subject areas.
- Provides clear organization, integrated topic coverage, and accessible explanations
- Includes step-by-step instructions for the most popular implementations
- Contains new applications, exercises and examples from a variety of fields, including biology, physics and engineering
- Supported by online Mathematica code derived from examples in the book
Students taking any course featuring the use of Mathematica. Researchers/Professionals
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Getting started
- 1.1. Introduction to Mathematica
- 1.2. Getting help from Mathematica
- Chapter 2: Basic operations on numbers, expressions, and functions
- 2.1. Numerical calculations and built-in functions
- 2.2. Expressions and functions: elementary algebra
- 2.3. Graphing functions, expressions, and equations
- 2.4. Solving equations
- Bibliography
- Chapter 3: Calculus
- 3.1. Limits and continuity
- 3.2. Differential calculus
- 3.3. Integral calculus
- 3.4. Infinite sequences and series
- 3.5. Multivariable calculus
- Chapter 4: Introduction to lists and tables
- 4.1. Lists and list operations
- 4.2. Manipulating lists: more on Part and Map
- 4.3. Other applications
- Bibliography
- Chapter 5: Matrices and vectors: topics from linear algebra and vector calculus
- 5.1. Nested lists: introduction to matrices, vectors, and matrix operations
- 5.2. Linear systems of equations
- 5.3. Selected topics from linear algebra
- 5.4. Maxima and minima using linear programming
- 5.5. Selected topics from vector calculus
- Bibliography
- Chapter 6: Applications related to ordinary and partial differential equations
- 6.1. First-order differential equations
- 6.2. Second-order linear equations
- 6.3. Higher-order linear equations
- 6.4. Systems of equations
- 6.5. Some partial differential equations
- Bibliography
- Bibliography
- Bibliography
- Index
- No. of pages: 544
- Language: English
- Edition: 6
- Published: June 1, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128241639
- eBook ISBN: 9780323908177
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