Description

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Some of the most powerful mathematical software is freely-downloadable and open-source. This book shows how to download it, install it, and explores the use of such software, covering

• Fourier series: the Heat and Wave equations
• linear and nonlinear differential equations
• orthogonal polynomials
• linear algebra, least-squares problems, and linear programming
• nonlinear algebra
• robotics
• problems of evasion and pursuit
• special functions
• Euler's Zeta function and the Riemann Hypothesis

This book assumes the reader has knowledge of basic calculus and algebra and gives references when necessary.