Mathematics in Computing: An Accessible Guide to Historical, Foundational and Application Contexts - Couverture rigide

O’Regan, Gerard

 
9781447145332: Mathematics in Computing: An Accessible Guide to Historical, Foundational and Application Contexts
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ISBN 10 : 144714533X ISBN 13 : 9781447145332
Editeur : Springer London Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

This clearly written and enlightening textbook provides a concise, introductory guide to the key mathematical concepts and techniques used by computer scientists. Topics and features: ideal for self-study, offering many pedagogical features such as chapter-opening key topics, chapter introductions and summaries, review questions, and a glossary; places our current state of knowledge within the context of the contributions made by early civilizations, such as the ancient Babylonians, Egyptians and Greeks; examines the building blocks of mathematics, including sets, relations and functions; presents an introduction to logic, formal methods and software engineering; explains the fundamentals of number theory, and its application in cryptography; describes the basics of coding theory, language theory, and graph theory; discusses the concept of computability and decideability; includes concise coverage of calculus, probability and statistics, matrices, complex numbers and quaternions.

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À propos de l?auteur

Dr. Gerard O'Regan is a CMMI software process improvement consultant with research interests including software quality and software process improvement; mathematical approaches to software quality; and the history of computing. He is the author of the Springer titles "A Brief History of Computing", "Introduction to Software Process Improvement", "Mathematical Approaches to Software Quality" and "A Practical Approach to Software Quality".

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Éditeur
Springer London Ltd
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
144714533X
ISBN 13 
9781447145332
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
308
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