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Summary:

"For more than 25 years, Mathematica has been the principal computation environment for millions of innovators, educators, students, and others around the world. This book is an introduction to Mathematica. The goal is to provide a hands-on experience introducing the breadth of Mathematica with a focus on ease of use. Readers get detailed instruction with examples for interactive learning and end-of-chapter exercises. Each chapter also contains authors' tips from their combined 50+ years of Mathematica use"-- [Publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Part I: The complete overview. The very basics
• A sample project in Mathematica
• Input and output
• Word processing and typesetting
• Presenting with slide shows
• Fundamentals of the Wolfram language
• Creating interactive models with a single command
• Wolfram/Alpha-mode notebooks
• Sharing Mathematica documents
• Finding help
• Part II: Extending knowledge. 2D and 3D graphics
• Visualizing data
• Styling and customizing graphics
• Creating figures and diagrams with graphics primitives
• Algebraic manipulation and equation solving
• Calculus
• Differential equations
• Linear algebra
• Probability and statistics
• Importing and exporting data

• Data filtering and manipulation
• Working with curated data
• Using Wolfram/Alpha data in Mathematica
• Statistical functionality for data analysis
• Machine learning and neural networks
• Image processing
• Creating programs
• Creating parallel and GPU programs.

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Author/Creator:

Hastings, Cliff , author

Contributors:

Mischo, Kelvin , author

Morrison, Michael, 1981- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Hands-on start to Wolfram Mathematica: and programming with the Wolfram language [by Hastings, C.]

Subjects:

Mathematica (Computer file)

Wolfram language (Computer program language)

Computer programming

Mathematics — Data processing

Mathematics

General Notes:

Includes index.

Physical Description:

ix, 561 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 26 cm

Physical Characteristics:

map; illustration

Call Numbers:

QA76.95 .H377 2020

ISBNs:

9781579550370 (pbk., alk. paper)
1579550371 (pbk., alk. paper)
9781579550387 (Kindle) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1203143322