Details about the Programming volume
The Mathematica GuideBook for Programming provides a comprehensive, step-by-step development of
the Mathematica programming capabilities and contains an enormous collection of examples and worked
exercises. It guides the reader to become familiar and fluent in the structure of Mathematica
expressions, expression evaluation, pure and named functions and in procedural, rule-based and
functional programming constructs. Each Mathematica function is discussed in detail, explained in
numerous examples, and put to work in real programs which are all contained on the accompanying
DVD.
Unique Features
- Step-by-step presentation of Mathematica functions assuming no prior Mathematica programming
experience
- Clear organization, complete topic coverage and an accessible writing style for both novices and
experts
- Detailed discussion of procedural, rule-based, and functional programming
- Hundreds of worked examples, illustrations, programs, and fully worked self-study exercises for
understanding concepts and learning how to solve real-life problems
- Accompanying DVD contains all material as an electronic book with complete executable Mathematica
Versions 4 and 5 compatible code and programs, rendered color graphics and animations
Book Specifications
- 1028 + xxxvii pages
- 315 illustrations
- 1758 references
- ISBN: 0-387-94282-3
- Published by Springer, New York
- comes with DVD with Mathematica notebooks