[Maxima-discuss] New textbook using Maxima

[Jorge A. C. <jo...@pl...>]

Hello All:

Apologies in advance for the shameless plug. My textbook for Scientific
Programming using Maxima just came out from Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

http://www.cambridgescholars.com/scientific-programming

>From the website:

This book offers an introduction to computer programming, numerical
analysis, and other mathematical ideas that extend the basic topics learned
in calculus. It illustrates how mathematicians and scientists write
computer programs, covering the general building blocks of programming
languages and a description of how these concepts fit together to allow
computers to produce the results they do. Topics explored here include
binary arithmetic, algorithms for rendering graphics, the smooth
interpolation of discrete data, and the numerical approximation of
non-elementary integrals. The book uses an open-source computer algebra
system called Maxima. Using Maxima, first-time programmers can perform
familiar tasks, such as graphing functions or solving equations, and learn
the basic structures of programming before moving on to other popular
programming languages. The epilogue provides some simple examples of how
this process works in practice. The book will particularly appeal to
students who have finished their calculus sequence.

Cheers,

Jorge