Mathematica in Action Problem Solving Through Visualization and Computation /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wagon, Stan. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Edition: 3.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Computer science > Mathematics.; Visualization.; Computer software.; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis.; Mathematical Software.; Applications of Mathematics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75477-2

In this third edition of Mathematicaʼ in Action, award-winning author Stan Wagon guides beginner and veteran users alike through Mathematica's powerful tools for mathematical exploration. The transition to Mathematica 7 is made smooth with plenty of examples and case studies that utilize Mathem...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• A Brief Introduction
• Plotting
• Prime Numbers
• Rolling Wheels
• Surfaces
• Dynamic Manipulation
• The Cantor Set, Real and Complex
• The Quadratic Map
• The Recursive Turtle
• Parametric Plotting of Surfaces
• Penrose Tiles
• Complex Dynamics (by Mark McClure)
• Solving Equations
• Optimization
• Differential Equations
• Computational Geometry
• Check Digits and the Pentagon
• Coloring Planar Maps
• New Directions for pi. The Banach-Tarski Paradox
• The Riemman Zeta Function
• Miscellany
• References
• Index.