Mathematica® by Example

Completely updated to be compatible with Mathematica Version 2.2, this book focuses on the most often used features of Mathematica and gears its approach toward the beginning Mathematica user. The presentation is geared toward popular applications of mathematics within the various topical areas and includes step-by-step instructions Mathematica by Example, Revised Edition presents the commands and applications of Mathematica, a system for doing mathematics on a computer. This text serves as a guide to beginning users of Mathematica and users who do not intend to take advantage of the more specialized applications of Mathematica. The book combines symbolic manipulation, numerical mathematics, outstanding graphics, and a sophisticated programming language. It is comprised of 7 chapters. Chapter 1 gives a brief background of the software and how to install it in the computer. Chapter 2 introduces the essential commands of Mathematica. Basic operations on numbers, expressions, and functions are introduced and discussed. Chapter 3 provides Mathematica's built-in calculus commands. The fourth chapter presents elementary operations on lists and tables. This chapter is a prerequisite for Chapter 5 which discusses nested lists and tables in detail. The purpose of Chapter 6 is to illustrate various computations Mathematica can perform when solving differential equations. Chapter 7 discusses some of the more frequently used commands contained in various graphics packages available with Mathematica. Engineers, computer scientists, physical scientists, mathematicians, business professionals, and students will find the book useful. Content: Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv Preface, Pages xi-xii CHAPTER 1 - Getting Started, Pages 1-21 CHAPTER 2 - Mathematical Operations on Numbers, Expressions, and Functions, Pages 23-99 CHAPTER 3 - Calculus, Pages 101-228 CHAPTER 4 - Introduction to Lists and Tables, Pages 229-293 CHAPTER 5 - Nested Lists: Matrices and Vectors, Pages 295-362 CHAPTER 6 - Applications Related to Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations, Pages 363-479 CHAPTER 7 - Some Graphics Packages, Pages 481-508 Selected References, Pages 509-510 Index, Pages 511-523 Try Mathematica® for 30 Days, Page ibc1 This text has been updated in order to be compatible with Mathematica version 2.2. The book focuses on the most used features of Mathematica and gears its approach toward the beginning Mathematica user. Topical coverage includes calculus, linear algebra and discrete mathematics. Martha L. Abell, James P. Braselton. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.