TY - BOOK AU - Wolfram,Stephen TI - The mathematica book SN - 1579550223 (alk. paper) AV - QA76.95 .W65 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - Champaign, IL PB - Wolfram Media KW - Mathematica (Computer file) KW - Mathematics KW - Data processing N1 - Includes index; A Tour of Mathematica --; pt. 1; A Practical introduction to Mathematica --; 1.0; Running Mathematica --; 1.1; Numerical calculations --; 1.2; Building up calculations --; 1.3; Using the Mathematica system --; 1.4; Algebraic calculations --; 1.5; Symbolic measurements --; 1.6; Numerical measurements --; 1.7; Functions and programs --; 1.8; Lists --; 1.9; Graphics and sounds --; 1.10; Input and output in notebooks --; 1.11; Files and external operations --; 1.12; Special topic: the internals of Mathematica --; pt. 2; Principles of Mathematica --; 2.1; Expressions --; 2.2; Functional operations --; 2.3; Patterns --; 2.4; Manipulating lists --; 2.5; Transformation rules and definitions --; 2.6; Evaluation of expressions --; 2.7; Modularity and the naming of things --; 2.8; Strings and characters --; 2.9; Textual input ans output --; 2.10; The Structural of graphics and sound --; 2.11; Manipulating notebooks --; 2.12; Files and streams --; 2.13; MathLink and external program communication --; 2.14; Global aspects of Mathematica sessions --; pt. 3; Advanced mathematics in Mathematica --; 3.1; Numbers --; 3.2; Mathematical functions --; 3.3; Algebraic manipulation --; 3.4; Manipulating equations and inequalities; 3.5; Calculus --; 3.6; Series, limits, and residues --; 3.7; Linear algebra --; 3.8; Numerical operations on data --; 3.9; Numerical operations on functions --; 3.10; Mathematical and other notation --; Appendix; Mathematica reference guide --; A.1; Basic objects --; A.2; Input syntax --; A.3; Some general notations and conventions; A.4; Evaluations --; A.5; Patterns and transformation rules --; A.6; Files and streams --; A.7; Mathematica sessions --; A.8; Mathematica file organization --; A.9; Some notes on internal implementation --; A.10; Listing of major built-in Mathematica objects --; A.11; Listing of C functions in the MathLink library --; A.12; Listing of named characters --; A.13; Incompatible changes since Mathematica version 1 ER -