Applied Mathematics: Body and Soul

Applied Mathematics: Body & Soul is a mathematics education reform project developed at Chalmers University of Technology and includes a series of volumes and software. The program is motivated by the computer revolution opening new possibilities of computational mathematical modeling in mathematics, science and engineering. It consists of a synthesis of Mathematical Analysis (Soul), Numerical Computation (Body) and Application. Volumes I-III present a modern version of Calculus and Linear Algebra, including constructive/numerical techniques and applications intended for undergraduate programs in engineering and science. Further volumes present topics such as Dynamical Systems, Fluid Dynamics, Solid Mechanics and Electro-Magnetics on an advanced undergraduate/graduate level.

The authors are leading researchers in Computational Mathematics who have written various successful books.

First comprehensive beginners' course for mathematics from an applications-oriented point of view Originally arose from course developed for chemical engineering students at the prestigious Chalmers University of Technology Covers all the undergraduate mathematics in calculus, analysis, and linear algebra Presents completely a new approach to mathematics teaching integrating computation from the very beginning Has been thoroughly class-tested Can be used for students in mathematics, engineering and science Contains many sections on the historical development of computational mathematics, as well as many real applications Accompanying software with examples available via the internet Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Applied Mathematics: Body & Soul is a mathematics education reform project developed at Chalmers University of Technology and includes a series of volumes and software. The program is motivated by the computer revolution opening new possibilities of computational mathematical modeling in mathematics, science and engineering. It consists of a synthesis of Mathematical Analysis (Soul), Numerical Computation (Body) and Application. Volumes I-III present a modern version of Calculus and Linear Algebra, including constructive/numerical techniques and applications intended for undergraduate programs in engineering and science. Further volumes present topics such as Dynamical Systems, Fluid Dynamics, Solid Mechanics and Electro-Magnetics on an advanced undergraduate/graduate level. The authors are leading researchers in Computational Mathematics who have written various successful books.

Inhalt
Volume 1.- 1 What is Mathematics?.- 2 The Mathematics Laboratory.- 3 Introduction to Modeling.- 4 A Very Short Calculus Course.- 5 Natural Numbers and Integers.- 6 Mathematical Induction.- 7 Rational Numbers.- 8 Pythagoras and Euclid.- 9 What is a Function?.- 10 Polynomial functions.- 11 Combinations of functions.- 12 Lipschitz Continuity.- 13 Sequences and limits.- 14 The Square Root of Two.- 15 Real numbers.- 16 The Bisection Algorithm for f (x) = 0.- 17 Do Mathematicians Quarrel?*.- 18 The Function y = xr.- 19 Fixed Points and Contraction Mappings.- 20 Analytic Geometry in ?2.- 21 Analytic Geometry in ?3.- 22 Complex Numbers.- 23 The Derivative.- 24 Differentiation Rules.- 25 Newton's Method.- 26 Galileo, Newton, Hooke, Malthus and Fourier.- References.