Math Bytes (eBook)

Google Bombs, Chocolate-Covered Pi, and Other Cool Bits in Computing

Tim P. Chartier (Autor)

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2014
152 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-5142-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Tim Chartier is associate professor of mathematics at Davidson College. He is the coauthor of Numerical Methods (Princeton).

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An inviting collection of fun, hands-on applications in mathematics and computingThis book provides a fun, hands-on approach to learning how mathematics and computing relate to the world around us and help us to better understand it. How can reposting on Twitter kill a movie's opening weekend? How can you use mathematics to find your celebrity look-alike? What is Homer Simpson's method for disproving Fermat's Last Theorem? Each topic in this refreshingly inviting book illustrates a famous mathematical algorithm or result--such as Google's PageRank and the traveling salesman problem--and the applications grow more challenging as you progress through the chapters. But don't worry, helpful solutions are provided each step of the way.Math Bytes shows you how to do calculus using a bag of chocolate chips, and how to prove the Euler characteristic simply by doodling. Generously illustrated in color throughout, this lively and entertaining book also explains how to create fractal landscapes with a roll of the dice, pick a competitive bracket for March Madness, decipher the math that makes it possible to resize a computer font or launch an Angry Bird--and much, much more. All of the applications are presented in an accessible and engaging way, enabling beginners and advanced readers alike to learn and explore at their own pace--a bit and a byte at a time.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.4.2014
• Zusatzinfo: 89 color illus. 19 halftones. 20 line illus. 10 tables.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Algebra
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Logik / Mengenlehre
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Mathematische Spiele und Unterhaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: A Book Of • algorithm • Anchor text • Andrew Wiles • Applied mathematics • Approximation • Bowl Championship Series • bowl game • bracketology • Brad Pitt • Byte • Calculation • Charles Babbage • Clock rate • Coin flipping • color scheme • Computation • Computer • computing • counterexample • Covariance matrix • Cracker Jack • Cube root • Database • Davidson College • David X. Cohen • Denarius • difference engine • doctorate • dodecahedron • Dupondius • DVD • Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors • Episode • Equation • equilateral triangle • Euler characteristic • Fermat's Last Theorem • Flops • Four Color Theorem • Fourth power • Fractal landscape • George Clooney • Google bomb • googol • graph theory • Gravitational constant • grayscale • histogram • Instance (computer science) • Integer • Intel • Iteration • J. K. Rowling • Larry Page • learning • Least Squares • Lecture • Leonhard Euler • Linear combination • linear equation • Line segment • magnification • martin gardner • mathematician • Mathematics • mechanical calculator • Method (computer programming) • Natural number • NCAA Division I • Notation • octahedron • Pagerank • Parity (mathematics) • percentage • Pixel • Prediction • Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem • randomness • Ranking (information retrieval) • rectangle • Reese's Pieces • result • round-off error • Screenshot • Self-similarity • Sierpinski triangle • Smartphone • Summation • Supercomputer • Theorem • Thomas Edison • travelling salesman problem • Trigonometric tables • Twitter • USA Today • Web Page • Website • Wichita State Shockers • word count
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-5142-4 / 1400851424
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-5142-3 / 9781400851423