James P. Braselton Knihy

Designed to introduce the Mathematica programming language to a wide audience, this text features clear organization, complete topic coverage, and accessible exposition for novices. It includes new applications, exercises and examples, and a CD-ROM with code.

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION Mathematica is an extremely powerful computer algebra system (with both symbolic and numerical capabilities), a graphing tool for any mathematical function in two or three dimensions, a self-contained programming language, and also a typesetting program. Using both symbolic and numerical capabilities, Mathematica is a two or three-dimensional graphing tool for any mathematical function, a self-contained programming language, and also a typesetting program. Intended for Mathematica beginners, this book/CD-ROM package contains built-in commands that can be used to solve problems directly and can also be used to visualise solutions. This Second Edition of the groundbreaking Differential Equations with Mathematica integrates new applications from a variety of fields, especially biology, physics, and engineering. The new handbook is also completely compatible with Mathematica version 3.0 and is a perfect introduction for Mathematica beginners. The book/CD-ROM package contains built-in commands that lets the user solve problems directly using graphical solutions. Features: * Focuses on the most often used features of Mathematica for the beginning Mathematica use

Covers each of the 1061 built-in objects of version 2.0 in alphabetical order, with a separate section devoted to graphics-related objects. In addition, 24 of the Calculus, Statistics and Numerical Mathematics packages resident in version 2.0 are covered, a total of over 1500 listings.