A First Course in Scientific Computing

Symbolic, Graphic, and Numeric Modeling Using Maple, Java, Mathematica, and Fortran90

Rubin H. Landau

500 pages, parution le 14/06/2005

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Résumé

This book offers a new approach to introductory scientific computing. It aims to make students comfortable using computers to do science, to provide them with the computational tools and knowledge they need throughout their college careers and into their professional careers, and to show how all the pieces can work together. Rubin Landau introduces the requisite mathematics and computer science in the course of realistic problems, from energy use to the building of skyscrapers to projectile motion with drag. He is attentive to how each discipline uses its own language to describe the same concepts and how computations are concrete instances of the abstract.

Landau covers the basics of computation, numerical analysis, and programming from a computational science perspective. The first part of the printed book uses the problem-solving environment Maple as its context, with the same material covered on the accompanying CD as both Maple and Mathematica programs; the second part uses the compiled language Java, with equivalent materials in Fortran90 on the CD; and the final part presents an introduction to LaTeX replete with sample files.

Providing the essentials of computing, with practical examples, ''A First Course in Scientific Computing' adheres to the principle that science and engineering students learn computation best while sitting in front of a computer, book in hand, in trial-and-error mode. Not only is it an invaluable learning text and an essential reference for students of mathematics, engineering, physics, and other sciences, but it is also a consummate model for future textbooks in computational science and engineering courses.

A broad spectrum of computing tools and examples that can be used throughout an academic career
Practical computing aimed at solving realistic problems
Both symbolic and numerical computations
A multidisciplinary approach: science + math + computer science
Maple and Java in the book itself; Mathematica, Fortran90, Maple and Java on the accompanying CD in an interactive workbook format

L'auteur - Rubin H. Landau

Rubin H. Landau is Distinguished Professor of Physics and Director of the Computational Physics Program at Oregon State University. He is the lead author of Computational Physics: Problem Solving with Computers; A Scientist's and Engineer's Guide to Workstations and Supercomputers; and Quantum Mechanics II: A Second Course in Quantum Theory.

Sommaire

Introduction
Getting started with Maple
Numbers, expressions, functions; Rocket Golf
Visualizing data, abstract types; electric fields
Solving equations, differentiation; towers
Integration; power and energy usage (also 14)
Matrices and vectors; rotation
Searching, programming; dipsticks
Getting started with Java
Data types, limits, methods; Rocket Golf
Visualization with Java, classes, packages
Flow control via logic; projectiles
Java input and output
Numerical integration; power and energy usage
Differential equations with Java and Maple
Object-oriented programming; complex currents
Arrays : vectors, matrices; rigid-body rotations
Advanced objects; baton projectiles
Discrete math, arrays as bins; bug dynamics
2-D arrays : file I/O, PDE's; realistic capacitor
Web computing, applets, primitive graphics
LaTeX for text
LaTeX for mathematics
Maple quick reference, debugging help
Java quick reference and installing software

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Princeton University Press
Auteur(s)	Rubin H. Landau
Parution	14/06/2005
Nb. de pages	500
Format	18 x 26
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1070g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780691121833
ISBN13	978-0-691-12183-3