Scientific programming : numeric, symbolic, and graphical computing with maxima /: numeric, symbolic, and graphical computing with maxima. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Jorge Alberto Calvo.
• Authors: Calvo, Jorge Alberto
• Contents: Intro; Table of Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1; 1.1. Getting Started with Maxima; 1.2. Symbolic Computation; 1.3. User-Defined Functions; 1.4. Repetition and Iteration; 1.5. Leibniz's Series; 1.6. Archimedes' Sequence; 1.7. Computational Error; Chapter 2; 2.1. Fibonacci's Rabbits; 2.2. The Babylonian Algorithm; 2.3. Detecting Prime Numbers; 2.4. Lists and Other Data Structures; 2.5. Gaussian Elimination; 2.6. Partial Pivoting; 2.7. Binary Codes; 2.8. Floating-Point Numbers; Chapter 3; 3.1. Celestial Mechanics; 3.2. An Epitaph for Archimedes; 3.3. Rabbits Revisited; 3.4. Projectiles in Motion 3.5. Fourier Likes It Hot3.6. Plotting Curves by Sampling; 3.7. Plotting Lines with Pixels; Chapter 4; 4.1. Lagrange's Formula; 4.2. Piecewise Linear Interpolation; 4.3. Cubic Splines; 4.4. Smooth Splines; 4.5. Approximation with Splines; 4.6. Interpolating Curves; 4.7. Interpolating Surfaces; Chapter 5; 5.1. Riemann Sums; 5.2. Trapezoids and Parabolas; 5.3. Smooth Splines Revisited; 5.4. Gaussian Quadrature; 5.5. Monte Carlo Simulation; Epilogue; References; Index
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 548 pages), illustrations (some colour)
• Subjects: 005.1; Computer programming; COMPUTERS / Programming / General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781527523845; 1527523845
• Related ISBNs: 9781527511170; 1527511170
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 537) and index; Note: Print version record.
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