Mathematics in Computing : An Accessible Guide to Historical, Foundational and Application Contexts PDF
by Gerard O'Regan
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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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- Publisher:Springer London
- Publication Date:15/11/2012
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- ISBN:9781447145349
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Publisher:Springer London
- Publication Date:15/11/2012
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- ISBN:9781447145349