A Beginner's Guide To Mathematica

David McMahon

ISBN 10: 1584884673 / ISBN 13: 9781584884675

Published by Taylor & Francis Inc Jan 2006, 2006

About this Item

Neuware - Although powerful and very popular in science and engineering, Mathematica can be difficult to learn because of its large command structure and intricate syntax. This book offers a simple, step-by-step approach to help newcomers to Mathematica build the skills needed to use the software in practice. Aimed at professionals with a good mathematics background, this book teaches by example, pointing out potential pitfalls along the way. In an easy-to-use format not found in other books and downloadable code furnished on the Internet, it covers many of the general areas of mathematics, including entering equations, plotting, computing ordinary differential equations, matrices, and linear algebra.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Beginner's Guide To Mathematica
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Jan 2006
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1584884673
• ISBN 13: 9781584884675
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 150H x 41D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 41 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1042 grams

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Synopsis

Because of its large command structure and intricate syntax, Mathematica can be difficult to learn. Wolfram's Mathematica manual, while certainly comprehensive, is so large and complex that when trying to learn the software from scratch -- or find answers to specific questions -- one can be quickly overwhelmed. A Beginner's Guide to Mathematica offers a simple, step-by-step approach to help math-savvy newcomers build the skills needed to use the software in practice. Concise and easy to use, this book teaches by example and points out potential pitfalls along the way. The presentation starts with simple problems and discusses multiple solution paths, ranging from basic to elegant, to gradually introduce the Mathematica toolkit. More challenging and eventually cutting-edge problems follow. The authors place high value on notebook and file system organization, cross-platform capabilities, and data reading and writing. The text features an array of error messages you will likely encounter and clearly describes how to deal with those situations. While it is by no means exhaustive, this book offers a non-threatening introduction to Mathematica that will teach you the aspects needed for many practical applications, get you started on performing specific, relatively simple tasks, and enable you to build on this experience and move on to more real-world problems.

About the Author

David McMahon, Daniel M. Topa