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The Student\'s Introduction to Mathematica(Torrence&Torrence).pdf
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
ISBN-13 978-0-521-71789-2
ISBN-13 978-0-511-51624-5
© B. Torrence and E. Torrence 2009
Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521717892
Features• New fully revised edition for Mathematica 6 includes coverage of the new dynamic interface elements, a new chapter on programming, and several hundred exercises
• Book is ordered sequentially by mathematical topic and is written in an easy to read, informal style, by professors who have been teaching these topics with Mathematica for 15 years
• Website www.cambridge.org/books/torrence offers solutions to all exercises in the form of downloadable Mathematica notebooks
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- Date Reviewed: Apr 13 2009
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- Over the last 20 years, Mathematica has established a reputation as an enormously powerful tool for numerical and symbolic computation, visualization, and the solution of many other mathematical problems. However, the very large number of possible applications means that it is not always simple for a novice to learn how to use. Torrence and Torrence lead just such a beginner through the system, explaining its use.
- The book is nicely written and easy to understand. The authors assume that the reader has a minimal amount of prerequisites, both in mathematics and in computing. No knowledge of a programming language is required, and the level of mathematics is such that most parts of the book can be easily followed, without a deep understanding in mathematics. The book is certainly suitable for students in engineering who want to use Mathematica in their coursework, and even for advanced high school students--or, for that matter, their teachers, who might use it as a valuable resource in a course for students who want to know a bit more about mathematics than what is typically taught in high school.
- All the elementary features of Mathematica are explained by means of carefully chosen examples, really starting from scratch. A large number of exercises, with solutions that are available from a companion Web site, provide readers with hands-on experience. The level of detail is appropriate for the intended readership. For example, when it comes to describing the options that are available for many Mathematica commands, only the most commonly used are discussed.
- Chapters 1 and 2 describe the basic steps: the fundamentals of handling Mathematica. The next five chapters are devoted to special areas of mathematics--specifically, functions and their graphs, algebra, univariate calculus, multivariate calculus, and linear algebra. Each of these chapters is designed as a guided tour through the respective area, with Mathematica used to demonstrate the relevant concepts and ideas, to motivate definitions, and also to point out potential pitfalls. Because of this feature, the book can also be used as companion material for a beginning mathematics course. The book concludes with a chapter devoted to the basics of programming in the Mathematica system, which will enable readers to solve more advanced mathematical problems with Mathematica.
- The book describes version 6 of Mathematica; the extensions introduced in version 7--which was actually released before the publication of the book--are not covered. Since the book was written for beginners, this is certainly not a major problem.
- Reviewer: Kai Diethelm Review #: CR136676 (1002-0132)
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