| Maple and Mathematica: A Problem Solving Approach for Mathematics [With CDROM] 2009 Edition Contributor(s): Shingareva, Inna K. (Author), Lizárraga-Celaya, Carlos (Author) |
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ISBN: 3211994319 ISBN-13: 9783211994313 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $80.74 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Mathematical & Statistical Software - Computers | Computer Science - Mathematics | Number Systems |
| Dewey: 005.55 |
| LCCN: 2009933349 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.95 lbs) 484 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the history of mathematics there are many situations in which cal- lations were performed incorrectly for important practical applications. Let us look at some examples, the history of computing the number ? began in Egypt and Babylon about 2000 years BC, since then many mathematicians have calculated ? (e. g., Archimedes, Ptolemy, Vi ete, etc. ). The ?rst formula for computing decimal digits of ? was disc- ered by J. Machin (in 1706), who was the ?rst to correctly compute 100 digits of ?. Then many people used his method, e. g., W. Shanks calculated ? with 707 digits (within 15 years), although due to mistakes only the ?rst 527 were correct. For the next examples, we can mention the history of computing the ?ne-structure constant ? (that was ?rst discovered by A. Sommerfeld), and the mathematical tables, exact - lutions, and formulas, published in many mathematical textbooks, were not veri?ed rigorously 25]. These errors could have a large e?ect on results obtained by engineers. But sometimes, the solution of such problems required such techn- ogy that was not available at that time. In modern mathematics there exist computers that can perform various mathematical operations for which humans are incapable. Therefore the computers can be used to verify the results obtained by humans, to discovery new results, to - provetheresultsthatahumancanobtainwithoutanytechnology. With respectto our example of computing?, we can mention that recently (in 2002) Y. Kanada, Y. Ushiro, H. Kuroda, and M. |