ENGLISH

Programming for Mathematicians

By Raymond Seroul , D. O'Shea

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2000
ISBN
354066422X, 9783540664222
Google Books ID
Cda8LJ0TxRUC
Open Library ID
OL9063090M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (3050189 bytes)
Series
Universitext
Edition
1
Pages
447\447
DPI
600
Scanned
no
Time added
2010-04-25 21:59:20

Description

The aim of this book is to teach mathematics students how to program using their knowledge of mathematics. For this they require only to know how to construct a proof. The entire book's emphasis is on "how to think" when programming. Three methods for constructing an algorithm or a program are used: a) manipulation and enrichment of existing code; b) use of recurrent sequences; c) deferral of code writing, in order to deal with one difficulty at a time. Many theorems are mathematically proved and programmed. The last chapter explains how a compiler works and shows how to compile "by hand" little (but not trivial--even recursive) programs. The book is intended for anyone who thinks mathematically and wants to program and play with mathematics.

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