Introduction to Modern Mathematical Computing

Jonathan M. Borwein is currently Laureate Professor in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University of Newcastle (NSW) with adjunct appointments at Dalhousie and at Simon Fraser. He received his Doctorate from Oxford in 1974, and has published extensively in optimization, analysis and computational mathematics, and has received various prizes both for research and for exposition. He directs the University of Newcastle’s Priority Research Centre in Computer Assisted Research Mathematics and its Applications (CARMA).

From the reviews:“There are two general approaches to computation: using computation as a numerical tool to approximate answers or using a computer algebra system to provide exact mathematical answers by symbolic manipulation. This book explores the second of these approaches, using the computer algebra system Mathematica. … Though this work does teach students how to use Mathematica, it does so with the goal of providing new insights into basic mathematics, which can then be applied to more advanced mathematics. … Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates.” (D. Z. Spicer, Choice, Vol. 50 (7), March, 2013)“Three main chapters form the core of the book. In the first chapter, the authors talk about using a computer algebra system like Mathematica for problems in number theory … . Chapters 2 and 3 are devoted to calculus and linear algebra, respectively. … The mathematical content of the chapters is … elementary and written in a style easily understandable by nonspecialists. … a very good introduction for beginners to this interesting and important topic.” (Kai Diethelm, ACM Computing Reviews, March, 2013)

• Preface.- Conventions and Notation.- 1. Number Theory.- 2. Calculus.- 3. Linear Algebra.- 4. Visualisation and Geometry: a Postscript.- Sample Quizzes.- Index.- References.-