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This book is a short, focused introduction to Mathematica, the comprehensive software system for doing mathematics. Written for the novice, this engaging book contains an explanation of essential Mathematica commands, as well as the rich Mathematica interface for preparing polished technical documents. Mathematica can be used to graph functions, solve equations, perform statistics tests, and much more. In addition, it incorporates word processing and desktop publishing features for combining mathematical computations with text and graphics, and producing polished, integrated, interactive documents. You can even use it to create documents and graphics for the Web. This book explains everything you need to know to begin using Mathematica to do all these things and more. Written for Mathematica version 3, this book can also be used with earlier versions of the software. Intermediate and advanced users may even find useful information here, especially if they are making the switch to version 3 from an earlier version.

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A short introduction to Mathematica the maths software system. 92 line diagrams.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Getting started; 2. Mathematica basics; Practice set A: Algebra and arithmetic; 3. Mathematica notebooks; 4. Beyond the basics; 5. Mathematica graphics; Practice set B: Calculus and graphics; 6. Applications; 7. Mathematica and the Web; 8. Troubleshooting; Solutions to the practice sets; Glossary; Index.

Review

'Its style is clear and informative throughout, and the authors have done an excellent job of condensing the vast body of Mathematica commands to its fundamentals ... The Mathematica Primer will be helpful to any new user of Mathematica 3.0 or 4.0 ... and even experts may find it a useful refresher.' Ray Girvan, Scientific Computing World '... strongly recommended.' European Mathematical Society

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This book is a short, focused introduction to Mathematica, the comprehensive software system for doing mathematics.

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"This book is an excellent first course in Mathematics 3 for the uninitiated. Overall, the book achieves the purpose of a "primer" admirably, and I can recommend it to both the instructor and the student studying independently." Siam Review

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This book is a short, focused introduction to Mathematica, the comprehensive software system for doing mathematics. It contains an explanation of the essential Mathematica commands, and of the rich Mathematica interface for preparing polished technical documents.

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This book is a short, focused introduction to Mathematica, the comprehensive software system for doing mathematics. It contains an explanation of the essential Mathematica commands, and of the rich Mathematica interface for preparing polished technical documents.

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