Re: Books
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg4772] Re: Books
- From: "Seth J. Chandler" <SChandler at uh.edu>
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 13:54:54 -0400
- Organization: University of Houston
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
hasmith at garnet.acns.fsu.edu wrote: > > 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 For simulations, and generally, I would recommend Gaylord & Wellin, Computer Simulations with Mathematica ==== [MESSAGE SEPARATOR] ====