Author : Richard H. Rand
Publisher : Pitman Advanced Publishing Program
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Computer Algebra in Applied Mathematics by : Richard H. Rand
Download or read book Computer Algebra in Applied Mathematics written by Richard H. Rand and published by Pitman Advanced Publishing Program. This book was released on 1984 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book has the dual goal of showing how computer algebra can play an important role in applied mathematics, while introducing the reader to the computer system MACSYMA, which is designed to support such computations. In order to provide realistic applications of computer algebra, the level of the mathematical treatment must be substantially beyond a first course in calculus. Thus this book is aimed at a reader who has had at least three years of college level calculus and differential equations. Currently, computer algebra is a rarely used research tool, but the author believes it is destined for a major roll in engineering and applied mathematics. It will not be long before computer algebra is as common to an engineering student as the now obsolete slide rule once was.