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Title

Mathematica: A System for Doing Mathematics by Computer, Second Edition
Author

Stephen Wolfram
Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
URL: http://www.stephenwolfram.com
Book information

Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Copyright year: 1991
ISBN: 0201515024
Medium: Hardcover
Pages: 961
Out of print?: Y
Additional cataloguing information: Paperback: ISBN 0201515075
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Contents

What is Mathematica | About This Book | Tour of Mathematica | Running Mathematica | Numerical Calculations | Building Up Calculations | Using the Mathematica System | Algebraic Calculations | Symbolic Mathematics | Numerical Mathematics | Functions and Programs | Lists | Graphics and Sounds | Files and External Operations | Expressions | Functional Operations | Patterns | Transformation Rules and Definitions | Evaluation of Expressions | Modularity and the Naming of Things | Textual Output | Strings, Names and Messages | The Structure of Graphics and Sound | Input and Output | Global Aspects of Mathematica Sessions | Numbers | Mathematical Functions | Algebraic Manipulation | Manipulating Equations | Calculus | Power Series, Limits and Residues | Linear Algebra | Numerical Operations on Data | Numerical Operations on Functions | Appendix: Mathematica Reference Guide
Description

The definitive guide to Mathematica Version 2, written by the main architect of the system. Includes updated reference section and 22 pages of full-color graphics.
Subject

*Wolfram Technology
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