Beginner's Guide to Mathematica Version 4, The

Mechanical Engineering, Oct 2000

The Beginner's Guide to Mathematics Version 4. Jerry Glynn and Theodore Gray. Cambridge University Press, 40 W. 20tk St., New York, NY 10021-4211. 2000. 434 pp. ISBN 0-521-77769-0. $29.95 (paperback).

Basic Mathematica features and the new features of Version 4 are covered in this update. The authors adopt a casual and humorous tone as they cover the fundamentals of installing and running the software on a computer and teach new users some important basics of the latest release. Chapters are included on the program's new highspeed numerics, statistics and data analysis, and image processing, as well as on the interactive system for typesetting equations, using style sheets, defining functions, creating graphs and notebooks, and applying useful problemsolving techniques. Indexes are provided for both concepts and Mathematica function names.

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