Mathematical explorations with MATLAB /

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Author / Creator:Chen, Ke, 1962-
Imprint:Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Description:xiv, 306 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3958839
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Other authors / contributors:Giblin, P. J.
Irving, Alan.
ISBN:0521630789 (hb)
0521639204 (pb)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-300) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Foundations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Matrices and complex numbers
  • 3. Whole numbers
  • 4. Graphs and curves
  • 5. Representation of data
  • 6. Probability and random numbers
  • 7. Differential and difference equations
  • Part II. Investigations
  • 8. Magic squares
  • 9. GCDs, pseudoprimes and Miller's test
  • 10. Graphics: curves and envelopes
  • 11. Zigzags and fast curves
  • 12. Sequences of real numbers
  • 13. Newton-Raphson iteration and fractals
  • 14. Permutations
  • 15. Iterations for nonlinear equations
  • 16. Matrices and solutions of linear systems
  • 17. Functional interpolations and approximation
  • 18. Ordinary differential equations
  • Part III. Modelling
  • 19. Checkout queues: long or short
  • 20. Fish farming
  • 21. Epidemics
  • 22. Dynamics of snowboating
  • 23. Tides