Re: Books
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg4742] Re: Books
- From: hasmith at garnet.acns.fsu.edu
- Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 01:51:30 -0400
- Organization: Florida State University
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
In <508nuo$dp2 at dragonfly.wolfram.com>, Naish at pi.net (Martijn Smit) writes: >Hi There, > >As I'm rather new to the world of Mathematica, I've decided to make a >nifty jumpstart by buying the best book in town. Problem is though >that there're some books around, and 1 of them is the best. >Could anyone tell me the title of that particular book? I'm a student >astrophysics at the state university Groningen, Holland and my >intrests go out to, beside the basics, simulation and solving >differential equations. >regards, >Martijn (Naish at pi.net) > > > Well obviously you are going to get a lot of different ansswers. Here is my 2 cents worth. I think 2 books are what you need: 1. Mathematica By Example - rev. ed. Abell and Braselton 2. Differential Equations With Mathematica - Abell and Braselton The first gives a good overview of using Mma to solve a wide variety of problems including a short section on ODEs and PDEs. The second book is essentially a full course on ODEs with a section on PDEs. Everything normally taught in a good year long course is here with plenty examples of how to implement them in Mma. I have found both *very* helpful. Let's see what others think! Harry ==== [MESSAGE SEPARATOR] ====