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Mathematics in Computing : An Accessible Guide to Historical, Foundational and Application Contexts - Gerard O'Regan

Mathematics in Computing

An Accessible Guide to Historical, Foundational and Application Contexts

By: Gerard O'Regan

Hardcover | 16 November 2012

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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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"This book provides a mathematical context for computing. ... Each chapter concludes with a summary and a series of review questions that reinforce the concepts presented. This is all very readable and self-contained, making the book an excellent resource for most academic libraries. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All undergraduate students and informed general audiences." (D. Z. Spicer, Choice, Vol. 50 (11), July, 2013)

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