Table of Contents

Preface1. Starting2. Sightseeing3. Notebooks 4. Files5. 2D Graphics for Functions6. Options for 2D Graphics7. 3D Graphics for Functions8. Options for 3D Graphics9. 2D Graphics for Data10. 3D Graphics for Data11. Numbers12. Expressions13. Lists14. Functions15. Programs 16. Differential Calculus17. Integral Calculus18. Matrices19. Equations20. Optimization21. Interpolation22. Approximation23. Differential Equations24. Partial Differential Equations25. Difference Equations26. Probability27. StatisticsReferencesIndex

Promotional Information

Based on the soon to be released Mathematica 5.0
With the CD-ROM, the whole book can be installed into the help system of Mathematica
Most chapters, while starting from the basics, go up to advanced topics
Studies several real-life data sets

About the Author

Heikki Ruskeepää teaches applied mathematics at the University of Turku. He has published guides on mathematical software such as Macsyma, Mathematica, and SAS/OR. Ruskeepää received his Ph.D. from the Department of Applied Mathematics of the University of Turku, Finland. He has also published several books in Finnish.

Reviews

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