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Mathematics in Computing -  Gerard O'Regan

Mathematics in Computing (eBook)

An Accessible Guide to Historical, Foundational and Application Contexts
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2012 | 1. Auflage
XX, 304 Seiten
Springer London (Verlag)
978-1-4471-4534-9 (ISBN)
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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.
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.

Dr. Gerard O'Regan is a CMMI software process improvement consultant with research interests including software quality and software process improvement; mathematical approaches to software quality; and the history of computing. He is the author of the Springer titles "A Brief History of Computing", "Introduction to Software Process Improvement", "Mathematical Approaches to Software Quality" and "A Practical Approach to Software Quality".

Mathematics in Civilization
Sets, Relations and Functions
Logic
Software Engineering
Formal Methods
Z Formal Specification Language
Number Theory
Cryptography
Coding Theory
Language Theory and Semantics
Computability and Decidability
Probability, Statistics and Software Reliability
Matrix Theory
Complex Numbers and Quaternions
Calculus
Graph Theory

Erscheint lt. Verlag 22.2.2013
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Informatik Theorie / Studium Kryptologie
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Angewandte Mathematik
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Geschichte der Mathematik
Naturwissenschaften
Schlagworte Calculus • coding theory • cryptography • Discrete Mathematics • formal methods • graph theory • Group Theory and Ring Theory • History of Mathematics • matrix theory • Number Theory • probability and statistics • Software engineering • Software Reliability • Z Specification Language
ISBN-10 1-4471-4534-8 / 1447145348
ISBN-13 978-1-4471-4534-9 / 9781447145349
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