Mathematics in Computing: An Accessible Guide to Historical, Foundational and Application Contexts

di Gerard O’Regan (Autore)

Springer London Ltd, 2012

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.

• Autore: Gerard O’Regan
• Editore: Springer London Ltd
• Anno: 2012
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 288 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• EAN: 9781447145332

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