Mathematics in Computing : An Accessible Guide to Historical, Foundational and Application Contexts
Overview
This clearly written and enlightening textbook provides a concise, introductory guide to the key mathematical concepts and techniques used by computer scientists. Topics and features: ideal for self-study, offering many pedagogical features such as chapter-opening key topics, chapter introductions and summaries, review questions, and a glossary; places our current state of knowledge within the context of the contributions made by early civilizations, such as the ancient Babylonians, Egyptians and Greeks; examines the building blocks of mathematics, including sets, relations and functions; presents an introduction to logic, formal methods and software engineering; explains the fundamentals of number theory, and its application in cryptography; describes the basics of coding theory, language theory, and graph theory; discusses the concept of computability and decideability; includes concise coverage of calculus, probability and statistics, matrices, complex numbers and quaternions.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781447145332
- ISBN-10: 144714533X
- Publisher: Springer
- Publish Date: November 2012
- Dimensions: 9.25 x 6.1 x 0.75 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.34 pounds
- Page Count: 288
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