The MATHEMATICA ® Book, Version 3 - Hardcover

Wolfram, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521588898 ISBN 13: 9780521588898

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

With over a million users around the world, the Mathematica ® software system created by Stephen Wolfram has defined the direction of technical computing for nearly a decade. With its major new document and computer language technology, the new version, Mathematica 3.0 takes the top-power capabilities of Mathematica and make them accessible to a vastly broader audience. This book presents this revolutionary new version of Mathematica. The Mathematica Book is a must-have purchase for anyone who wants to understand the revolutionary opportunities in science, technology, business and education made possible by Mathematica 3.0. This encompasses a broad audience of scientists and mathematicians; engineers; computer professionals; quantitative financial analysts; medical researchers; and students at high-school, college and graduate levels. Written by the creator of the system, The Mathematica Book includes both a tutorial introduction and complete reference information, and contains a comprehensive description of how to take advantage of Mathematica's ability to solve myriad technical computing problems and its powerful graphical and typesetting capabilities. Like previous editions, the book is sure to be found well-thumbed on the desks of many technical professionals and students around the world.

About this title

Book Description:

'Everything about Mathematica and the way it has been developed is impressive ... it is the most comprehensive maths package available today that covers both numeric and symbolic computation. Mathematica 3.0 is simply the new standard of excellence.' Mike James, Scientific Computing World

From the Back Cover:

Mathematica has defined the state of the art in technical computing for nearly a decade, and has become a standard in many of the world's leading companies and universities. From simple calculator operations to large-scale programming and interactive document preparation, Mathematica is the tool of choice at the frontiers of scientific research, in engineering analysis and modeling, in technical education from high school to graduate school, and wherever quantitative methods are used.

The Mathematica Book is the best-selling book on technical computing ever. This greatly expanded third edition presents for the first time Mathematica Version 3. As both highly readable tutorial and definitive reference, the book covers every aspect of the system. It is essential for all users, as well as for anyone interested in the revolutionary new ideas of Mathematica Version 3.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0521588898
• ISBN 13: 9780521588898
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 1627