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Title

Mathematica in Action

Author

Stan Wagon

Organization:

Macalester College

Department:

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

URL:	http://www.stanwagon.com/

Book information

Publisher:

W.H. Freeman

1991

ISBN:

0716722291

Medium:

Hardcover

Pages:

419

Out of print?:

Additional cataloguing information:

Paperback: ISBN 071672202X

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Contents

Description

Hands-on introduction to Mathematica. Animations, three-dimensional graphics, high-precision number theory computations, and a variety of methods demonstrate the power and benefits of Mathematica. An electronic supplement containing all the code from the book is available, and an errata sheet is also contained in the file corrections.

Subject

Wolfram Technology

Keywords

penrose, NextPrime, Prime Distriubtion, PrimePi, PrimeQ, Public Key Encryption, Public-Key Encryption, W. H. Freeman, advanced 3D graphics, algebraic numbers

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Downloads

corrections.txt (17.9 KB) - Plain-text corrections listing.

Appendix.nb (44.5 KB) - Supplementary Programs notebook

Chapter1.nb (73.3 KB) - Prime Numbers notebook

Chapter10.nb (44.4 KB) - Additional Examples notebook

Chapter2.nb (18.7 KB) - Rolling Circles notebook

Chapter3.nb (23.3 KB) - Surfaces notebook

Chapter4.nb (25.1 KB) - Iterative Graphics notebook

Chapter5.nb (17.2 KB) - Iterative Complex Graphics notebook

Chapter6.nb (31.7 KB) - The Turtle Road to Recursion notebook

Chapter7.nb (47.7 KB) - Advanced Three-Dimensional Graphics notebook

Chapter8.nb (43.4 KB) - Number Theory Algorithms notebook

Chapter9.nb (38.3 KB) - Imaginary Primes and Prime Imaginaries notebook

CycloidMovies.nb (1.7 MB) - Mathematica Notebook

README.nb (8.1 KB) - Author's notes

corrections.rtf (21.4 KB) - Rich-Text Format document

corrections.word (25 KB) - Microsoft Word document

Files specific to Mathematica 2.2 version:

Appendix.ma (30.1 KB) - Supplementary Programs notebook

Chapter1.ma (26.6 KB) - Prime Numbers notebook

Chapter10.ma (34.2 KB) - Additional Examples notebook

Chapter2.ma (13.6 KB) - Rolling Circles notebook

Chapter3.ma (15.3 KB) - Surfaces notebook

Chapter4.ma (19.5 KB) - Iterative Graphics notebook

Chapter5.ma (13.3 KB) - Iterative Complex Graphics notebook

Chapter6.ma (22.4 KB) - The Turtle Road to Recursion notebook

Chapter7.ma (29.8 KB) - Advanced Three-Dimensional Graphics notebook

Chapter8.ma (29.1 KB) - Number Theory Algorithms notebook

Chapter9.ma (27.4 KB) - Imaginary Primes and Prime Imaginaries notebook

CycloidMovies.ma (643.7 KB) - Mathematica Notebook 2.2 or older

README.ma (7.2 KB) - Author's notes

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