| Title: | Introduction to Mathematica for Physicists |
| Authors: | Grozin, Andrey |
| Keywords: | Mathematics Physics |
| Issue Date: | 2014 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Abstract: | Computer algebra systems are widely used in pure and applied mathematics, physics, and other natural sciences, engineering, economics, as well as in higher and secondary education (see, e.g., [1–5]). For example, many important calcu- lations in theoretical physics could never be done by hand, without wide use of computer algebra. Polynomial or trigonometric manipulations using paper and pen are becoming as obsolete as school long division in the era of calculators. There are several powerful general-purpose computer algebra systems. The sys- tem Mathematica is most popular. It contains a huge amount of mathematical knowl- edge in its libraries. The fundamental book on this system [6] has more than 1,200 pages. Fortunately, the same information (more up-to-date than in a printed book) is available in the help system and hence is always at the fingertips of any user |
| Description: | This book 1 is a result of teaching at the physics department of Novosibirsk State University. Starting from 2004, the course “Symbolic and numeric computations in physics applications” is given to students preparing for M.Sc., and an introduction to Mathematica is the first part of this course (the second part is mainly devoted to Monte Carlo methods). Practical computer classes form a required (and most important) part of the course. Most students have no problems with mastering the basics of Mathematica and applying it to problems in their own areas of interest. The book describes Mathematica 9. Most of the material is applicable to other versions too. The Mathematica Book (fifth edition) [6], as well as, e.g., the book Work partially supported by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science. series [7–10], describes Mathematica 5. The main source of up-to-date information is the Mathematica Help system. |
| URI: | http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/139 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-319-00894-3 |
| Appears in Collections: | ARTS & SCIENCE |
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| 2014_Book_IntroductionToMathematicaForPh.pdf | 3.55 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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