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Introduction to Scientific Programming

Computational Problem Solving Using Maple and C

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  • © 1996

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Authors:
  1. Joseph L. Zachary

    1. Department of Computer Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Computational Science

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    Pages 1-9

  3. Population Density: Computational Properties of Numbers

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    Pages 11-28

  4. Eratosthenes: Significant Digits and Interval Arithmetic

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    Pages 29-43

  5. Stairway to Heaven: Accumulation of Roundoff Error

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    Pages 45-61

  6. Kitty Hawk: Programmer-Defined Functions

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    Pages 63-75

  7. Baby Boom: Symbolic Computation

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    Pages 77-94

  8. Ballistic Trajectories: Scientific Visualization

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    Pages 95-115

  9. The Battle for Leyte Gulf: Symbolic Mathematics

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    Pages 117-136

  10. Old MacDonald’s Cow: Procedural Programming

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    Pages 137-159

  11. Introduction to C

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    Pages 161-176

  12. Robotic Weightlifting: Straight-Line Programs

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    Pages 177-198

  13. Sliding Blocks: Conditionals and Functions

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    Pages 199-218

  14. Rod Stacking: Designing with Functions

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    Pages 219-238

  15. Newton’s Beam: Repetition

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    Pages 239-259

  16. Numerical Integration: Multiple-File Programs

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    Pages 261-287

  17. Harmonic Oscillation: Structures and Abstract Datatypes

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    Pages 289-311

  18. Heat Transfer in a Rod: Arrays

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    Pages 313-336

  19. Visualizing Heat Transfer: Arrays as Parameters

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    Pages 337-359

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 361-380
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About this book

"Introduction to Computational Science" was developed over a period of two years at the University of Utah Department of Computer Science in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy-funded Undergraduate Computation in Engineering Science (UCES) program. Each chapter begins by introducing a problem and then guiding the student through its solution. The computational techniques needed to solve the problem are developed as necassary, making the motivation for learning the computing alwasy apparent. Each chapter will introduce a single problem that will be used to motivate a single computing concept. The notes currently consist of 15 chapters. The first seven chapters deal with Maple and the last eight with C. The textbook will contain 20 to 30 chapters covering a similar mix of concepts at a finer level of detail.

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"The shrewd choice of problems, the pace at which these problems are described and solved, and the careful use of language, all result in a text that would be of great use to a beginner." Scientific Computing World

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  • Department of Computer Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

    Joseph L. Zachary

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