Title Essentials of Mathematica : With Applications to Mathematics and Physics Author(s) Boccara, Nino Publication New York, NY, Springer New York, 2007. Description XXX, 539 p : online resource Abstract Note Essentials of Mathematica: With Applications to Mathematics and Physics, based on the lecture notes of a course taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, teaches how to use Mathematica to solve a wide variety problems in mathematics and physics. The text assumes no previous exposure to Mathematica. It is illustrated with many detailed examples that require the student to construct meticulous, step-by-step, easy-to-read Mathematica programs. It includes many detailed graphics, with instructions to students on how to achieve similar results. The aim of Essentials of Mathematica is to provide the reader with Mathematica proficiency quickly and efficiently. The first part, in which the reader learns how to use a variety of Mathematica commands, avoids long discussions and overly sophisticated techniques. The second part covers a broad range of applications in physics and applied mathematics, including negative and complex bases, the double pendulum, fractals, the logistic map, the quantum harmonic oscillator, the quantum square potential, the Van der Pol oscillator, the Duffing oscillator, multilane bidirectional pedestrian traffic, public-key encryption, tautochrone curves, Iterated function systems, motion of a bead on a rotating circle, Mersenne and perfect numbers, Lindenmayer systems, skydiving, Lorenz equations, the Foucault's pendulum, and Julia and Mandelbrot sets ISBN,Price 9780387495149 Keyword(s) 1. Computational Intelligence 2. Computer science???Mathematics 3. COMPUTER SOFTWARE 4. EBOOK 5. EBOOK - SPRINGER 6. Mathematical Methods in Physics 7. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 8. Mathematical Software 9. Mathematics of Computing 10. Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation 11. PHYSICS 12. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I06800     On Shelf