Re: Is there an online documentation ???
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- Subject: [mg12931] Re: [mg12855] Is there an online documentation ???
- From: Sean Ross <seanross at worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 03:44:49 -0400
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Julius Bahr wrote: > > Hi everybody > i`m seeking for an online-documentation of Mathematica for a beginner. > I`m a college student who has to write an essay about fractals so I`d > be also interrested in a book and/or online docu that covers that > field. Your help is much appreciated, thanks in forward Greetings > Julius The mathematica book or its on-line form is a description of the language. It doesn't really have any applications. Most beginners don't feel that the on-line documentation is that much help. I recommend a paper copy of the mathematica book and one of the 3rd party tutorial books listed on Wolframs website. I own "Power Programming with Mathematica: The Kernel", by Wagner and "Introduction to programming with Mathematica" by Gaylord. Both are helpful. Neither are a substitute for a paper copy of "the mathematica book". If someone could invent on-line documentation that had an electronic equivalent to "thumbing through the pages" and a "common sense synonym" index, then the on-line documentation would suffice, but until then, you need a paper copy. The fractals question seems unrelated. If you are interested in fractals, get the original "The fractal Geometry of Nature" by Benoit Mandelbrot. I would bet that your college library has a copy. It doesn't cover much of the computational specifics, but it sure covers the concepts.
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- Is there an online documentation ???
- From: "Julius Bahr" <instantweb@geocities.com>
- Is there an online documentation ???