Mathematica Navigator: Mathematics, Statistics, and Graphics, Second Edition

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Mathematica Navigator is the only book you need to understand and use the new Mathematica. Part tutorial and part handbook, this updated guidebook provides a thorough introduction to the software plus practical information and tips for using Mathematica on a daily basis to solve mathematical problems. The book emphasizes the use of graphics, methods of applied mathematics and statistics, and programming.

While no previous experience with Mathematica is required, most chapters also include advanced material so that the book will be a valuable resource for beginners and experienced users. You'll want to keep it close by your computer for easy reference.

Based on recent releases of Mathematica
With the CD-ROM, the whole book can be installed into the help system of Mathematica
Most chapters, while starting from the basics, go up to advanced topics
Studies several real-life data sets

Customer Reviews:

Second Edition is even better than the first.......2007-08-21

I liked the first version so much that I bought this second edition also. The first edition was based on Mathematica 3 but this second edition is based on Mathematica 5 (Mathematica 6 has only just shipped within the past 2 months).

As did the first edition, this second edition comes with a cd that contains the entire book in Mathematica notebook form. The style sheets used to format the second edition cd notebooks are much cleaner looking than the first.

At anyrate, I definitely recommend the second edition even if you already have the first edition.

Constantly Referring To.......2007-07-18

I agree with many of the other reviewers - this book is great. I recently got Mathematica and found the imbedded Help browser a little cryptic at times. I purchased Mathematica Navigator after reading many of the reviews here. I haven't read the book from cover to cover, but instead use it as a reference after having read chapters 1 through 3.

I'm studying Matrix algebra, so I skipped to Chapter 18 and worked through the examples without any problem, save a small error on page 467 where an upper case P was typed in lower case.

Highly recommend for anyone wanting help making the most out of very powerful software.

Best Choice for starting.......2007-05-29

Very well written and full of useful information to start learning Mathematica. It covers all the foundamentals.

Excellent book to buy with An Introduction to Programming with Mathematica.......2007-04-25

This is a GREAT reference book. You won't learn how to program Mathematica from it. You will learn an amazing amount about how Mathematica works by reading it. If you don't believe me, check out it's thorough explanation of cubic splines. It's better than the Mathematica Help. It also comes with the complete book which can be installed in the Mathematica help system.

There is, literally, a wealth of information to work with in this book.

I would also strongly recommend getting An Introduction to Programming with Mathematica, Third Edition. This is a first rate "course in a book" for programming.

There are other books which are good. Between these two books, you will have an amazing arsenal to work with!

Paul

Got Mathematica? Buy This Book NOW!.......2004-07-15

The positive reviews were right on the money, this book is the best! It allowed me to start using Mathematica with ease, compared to the many hours of past frustration while working on optimizations. I fought endlessly, struggling to decipher the software's baroque navigation, cryptic errors, hostility to the user which borders on abuse - but now Mathematica and I are becoming great friends thanks to Heikki Ruskeepaa's wonderful tome. THANK YOU FOR WRITING THIS BOOK!!!

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As both a highly readable tutorial and a definitive reference for over a million Mathematica users worldwide, this book covers every aspect of Mathematica. It is an essential resource for all users of Mathematica from beginners to experts. This expanded fifth edition presents Mathematica Version 5 for the first time and is important for anyone interested in the progress of advanced computing.

Included in this new edition are the following:

- Visual tour of key features
- Practical tutorial introduction
- Full descriptions of 1,200+ built-in functions
- Thousands of illustrative examples
- Easy-to-follow descriptive tables
- Essays highlighting key concepts
- Mathematica language tutorial
- Guide to symbolic programming
- Introduction to document-centered interfaces
- Guide to the MathLink API
- Notes on internal implementation
- Index with 10,000+ entries

Customer Reviews:

Mathematica book by Stephen Wolfram.......2007-06-05

First I will say that I am not a Math nut and I have had to spend 3 months learning Vector math and Mathematica 5.2 to do some modeling. While I can get many things to work and plot. The syntax problems associated with the software are numerous and very difficult to resolve. Using version 4 of this book I have found that the issues I need to resolve are not easy to find in this book. Of course the writers of the software assume a certain familiarity with the type of maths employed and certain programming skills, but they have made it much more difficult for the casual user to use the software. This book is not much help in that regard. Instead I have purchased Mathematica Navigator by Heikki Ruskeepaa and am starting to go through that book in the hope that it will help me. The CD with that easily installs into Math 5.2, but not version 6. The latest software has a lot of new functions and a useful debugging window which helps update code, but the old style help index has gone. Thus, the software is not fully backwards compatible. Where this leaves us with these books for earlier versions of Mathematica I am not sure. Hopefully there is enough of 5.2 remaining in Mathematica 6 to make my purchase worthwhile. If not I am back to 5.2 and to building my own set of nested functions to do rotations and translations in 3D.

An essential guide for Mathematica users.......2006-12-07

Mathematica can be a very daunting program for first time users. I remember when I first started using it back in 1997, and I was amazed with its power and conciseness. This is the best book on the subject and probably the only one you'll need by the author of the program himself. The book starts out with very simple concepts and builds on them to include just about anything you'd ever want to do with Mathematica, including the solution of indefinite integrals. The explanations are to the point, the examples are of sufficient complexity to demonstrate the features but not too complex, and the use of figures in the book is excellent. If you don't need the program's fancy graphics or sound capabilities, you won't have to suffer through inexplicable examples that use them. The author isolates the explanation of that portion of the program in its own chapters.

There is a fifth edition of this book, but it is out of print, and sellers are asking ridiculously high prices for copies. Since an electronic version of this book comes with every copy of Mathematica you should do fine with this earlier in-print version.

Essential to the efficient use of Mathematica.......2006-07-09

Iin terms of speed and functionality, the program Mathematica is the most amazing program I have ever used. It is an indispensable tool for research in many areas of the sciences and mathematics. From the evaluation of mathematical formulas to the graphing of three-dimensional data over time, it can handle almost anything that you need to process or analyze. Surprisingly user-friendly for such a capable program, it takes very little time for even a novice to put it to productive use. However, with all that capability there is a problem with the sheer number and detail of the options, which is why the documentation is so critical. While there is extensive online documentation with Mathematica that is easy to use, there is still a need for the documentation in physical form.
This book, in its fourth edition, is complete, and easy to use, with the exception of requiring a bit of physical effort to lift. That's correct - the book contains 1,470 pages. In my extensive use of Mathematica, I use the book and online help in about equal amounts. Generally, I use the online help when I don't remember a precise syntax and I'll use the book when I'm concerned more with the details of the behavior or the nuances of an operation or a capability.
I consider this reference book essential to the efficient use of Mathematica and well its procurement, if the software package you have does not contain a copy. This fourth edition contains excellent tutorials, a myriad of examples, and a wonderful gallery of graphic images.

Published in Mathematics and Computer Education, reprinted with permission.

Where is it?.......2006-03-19

I ordered this book and eventually amazon cancelled the order because it was not available. The then ask me to review it? Where is it?

Rev brucee

Excellent Manual.......2006-03-10

The mathematica book is the best manual ever written
for some piece of software.

I would even say, the major advantage of mathematica
compared to other computer algebra systems is that
it comes with decent documentation.

I would love to have all software manuals to meet the
standards set by the mathematica book.

The most important feature of this book is that
it is organized in learning stages
which helped me a lot in speeding up my personal
learning process.

This is the outline
Chapter 0 = first two hour of reading:
overview over the possibilities

Chapter 1 = first two days of reading:
standard solutions for standard problems

Chapter 2 = first two month of reading:
general principles and ideas

Chapter 3 = as time goes by:
technicalities

After six months you can be done with the book,
and will have to use the mathematica usenet for
special questions you may encounter in your daily work.

Mastering Mathematica, Second Edition: Programming Methods and Applications

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A Review for Programmers, by a Programmer

Mastering Mathematica, Second Edition: Programming Methods and Applications
John W. Gray
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This new edition of Mastering Mathematica focuses on using Mathematica as a programming language, because programming in Mathematica is the best way to use the software to its fullest capacity. The book covers functional programming, imperative programming, rewrite programming, and object-oriented programming. It also addresses the use of Mathematica as a symbolic manipulator and a general tool for knowledge representation.

* Focus on four different types of programming styles with Mathematica: functional programming, rewrite (or rule-based) programmng, imperative (or procedural) programming, and object-oriented programming, with many examples of each style
* Compatible with Mathematica 3.0 and its programming language
* Chapters on graphics programming show how to make the most of the considerable graphics capabilities of Mathematica
* Includes coverage of programming needed for creation of Mathematica packages that allow a user to extend the language as needed for particular uses
* Applications include:
* Polya pattern analysis
* Critical points of functions
* Object-oriented graph theory
* Minimal surfaces
* Mathematica-Enhanced CD-ROM Enclosed
* Complete text in active Mathematica Notebook files, enhanced for v3.0; Allows you to evaluate complex examples without retyping; Extensive use of the v3.0 math typesetting system
* Hyperlink index and table of contents
* Instant access to any chapter or topic
* Index is automatically merged with the main Mathematica help system forming a master index of all the user's Mathematica related information; Quickly see listings on a given topic from The Mathematica Book, Mastering Mathematica, the Guide to Standard Packages, or any other Help Browswer aware books you have installed

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A Review for Programmers, by a Programmer.......1999-07-25

7.24.99 SJW *****

This is something of a book review, but also a commentary on the Mathematica package. My background is a recent MS in Computer Science. My interest in Mathematica is as a thinking tool for Programmer/Analysts or R&D Prototypers.

John Gray's book comes with a CD-ROM including the entire text of the book (the book was produced using Mathematica) as well as help files which can easily be integrated into the resources of the Mathematica Help Browser.

The book is well laid out (see the Table of Contents at amazon.com) topically, starting with very basic usage of the math abilities, and the user interface, then moving on to programming styles using Mathematica and methods of representing information in Mathematica. (All major commands in the Mathematica package are searchable, topical resources are available via documentation chapters on that topic, and explanatory text is hyperlinked in html format.)

The book's style is absolutely functional, and is targeted at users who have at least a threshhold knowledge of modern programming. Much of the material somewhat assumes that the reader has read enough using the Help Browswer with its on-line manual to be able to operate the notebook interface. Examples are given for almost every topic (the examples are executable in Mathematica, as the text of the book is in the form of a Mathematica notebook), although the specifics of each example are not necessarily explained.

As a programmer, the most amazing revelation of Gray's book is the degree to which the Mathematica package is programmable. Of course, procedural commands are built in to allow the coding of procedural algorithms (these commands have the form of generic pseudocode commands, or "near-C"). But Gray gives examples of programming using functions (recursion is allowed), as well as instructions re o-o and constraint (rule-based) styles of programming. (Note that Mathematica has built in pattern matching notations--especially useful for rule-based programming.)

In short, not only is Mathematica a completely integrated symbolic/numeric advanced math utility with integrated graphics and statistical packages, but it also has its own virtual operating system (full file i/o controls), and it allows the user to write rule-based programs (such as LISP or Prolog interpreters) which have full access to all of the built in Mathematica abilities, and to custom compiled components which the user has written.

Because all Mathematica's abilities are integrated, data can easily be displayed graphically, allowing visual debugging of difficult algorithms, or analysis (or reports). Gray provides a few examples of the visual display of algorithms.

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This second edition of Baumann's Mathematica ^® for Theoretical Physics shows readers how to solve physical problems and deal with their underlying theoretical concepts while using Mathematica ^® to derive numeric and symbolic solutions. Each example and calculation can be evaluated by the reader, and the reader can change the example calculations and adopt the given code to related or similar problems.

The second edition has been completely revised and expanded into two volumes: The first volume covers classical mechanics and nonlinear dynamics. Both topics are the basis of a regular mechanics course. The second volume covers electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, relativity, and fractals and fractional calculus.

New examples have been added and the representation has been reworked to provide a more interactive problem-solving presentation. This book can be used as a textbook or as a reference work, by students and researchers alike. A brief glossary of terms and functions is contained in the appendices.

The CD-ROM accompanying each of the two volumes contains Mathematica ^®notebooks as well as Mathematica ^® programs. The notebooks contain the entire text of the corresponding volume and can interface with Mathematica ^®. The examples given in the text can also be interactively used and changed for the reader’s purposes.

The Author, Gerd Baumann, is affiliated with the Mathematical Physics Division of the University of Ulm, Germany, where he is professor. He is the author of Symmetry Analysis of Differential Equations with Mathematica ^®. Dr. Baumann has given numerous invited talks at universities and industry alike. He regularly hosts seminars and lectures on symbolic computing at the University of Ulm and at Technische Universität München (TUM), Munich.

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A very good book.......2006-03-24

This is a very good book in it's subject. The examples taken from Quantum Mechanics ,Fractals and General Relativity are quite impressive.But I would expect even more problems taken from the field of Electrodynamics.I think that this book is a"must have" for anyone who's interesting in computational methods for solving basic problems of theoretical physics.

Multivariate Calculus and Mathematica: With Applications to Geometry and Physics

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awful book

Multivariate Calculus and Mathematica: With Applications to Geometry and Physics
Kevin R. Coombes , Ronald L. Lipsman , and Jonathan M. Rosenberg
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One of the authors' stated goals for this publication is to "modernize" the course through the integration of Mathematica. Besides introducing students to the multivariable uses of Mathematica, and instructing them on how to use it as a tool in simplifying calculations, they also present intoductions to geometry, mathematical physics, and kinematics, topics of particular interest to engineering and physical science students. In using Mathematica as a tool, the authors take pains not to use it simply to define things as a whole bunch of new "gadgets" streamlined to the taste of the authors, but rather they exploit the tremendous resources built into the program. They also make it clear that Mathematica is not algorithms. At the same time, they clearly see the ways in which Mathematica can make things cleaner, clearer and simpler. The problem sets give students an opportunity to practice their newly learned skills, covering simple calculations with Mathematica, simple plots, a review of one-variable calculus using Mathematica for symbolic differentiation, integration and numberical integration. They also cover the practice of incorporating text and headings into a Mathematica notebook. A DOS-formatted diskette accompanies the printed work, containing both Mathematica 2.2 and 3.0 version notebooks, as well as sample examination problems for students. This supplementary work can be used with any standard multivariable calculus textbook. It is assumed that in most cases students will also have access to an introductory primer for Mathematica.

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awful book.......2005-03-30

This is one of the worst technical books I have ever read. It seems like something cobbled together. It teaches very little vector calculus or mathematica.

The Joy of Mathematica, Second Edition: Instant Mathematica for Calculus, Differential Equations, and Linear Algebra

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Second edition is optimized for Mathematica 4.0...
Fantastic!!!!
Making Mathematica a Joy to Use

The Joy of Mathematica, Second Edition: Instant Mathematica for Calculus, Differential Equations, and Linear Algebra
Alan Shuchat , and Fred Shultz
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Joy of Mathematica, Second Edition, is a book and software combination for Windows and Macintosh that makes Mathematica easier to use and learn. The software includes the most common Mathematica operations needed in the first two years of college and university courses. The book is a manual for the software and an introduction to using Mathematica for mathematics and its applications to other fields. It contains material for students in calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra courses. Students and professionals will benefit from this user-friendly, practical guide to Mathematica.

* The CD:
* Runs on both Windows and Power Macintosh platforms
* Is optimized for Mathematica 4.0
* Requires that Mathematica's kernel and front end be on the same computer
* Includes a palette for easy entry of common mathematical notation
The Book:
* Contains ready-to-use exercises and labs for the mathematics classroom
* Now includes more coverage of multivariable calculus and differential equations, in addition to single-variable calculus and linear algebra

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Second edition is optimized for Mathematica 4.0..........2005-03-27

Joy does work on Mathematica 5.1, however, the current version, and it runs on both Mac and PC platforms (OS X for the Mac and Windows XP for the PC).

Joy is a wonderful compilation of program-based notebooks that shorten the time-to-use Mathematica dramatically, for both novice and computer-savvy students and learners. The manual is well-written, visually attractive, and uncluttered.

Joy of Mathematica makes it far easier to graph (2- and 3-D, parametric, polar coordinates, and more), manipulate expressions (simplify, solve), differentiate and integrate functions, work with series and sequences, vector fields, matrices, multiple variables, and so forth.

Writing adjuncts to Mathematica is something of a cottage industry, and several other Mathematica-based programs can help: Calculus Wiz (for high school and college students), Explorer, and Navigator, for instance.

Wolfram Research (publisher of Mathematica) wants to penetrate the secondary-level educational market and is offering very attractive site licenses to schools and individual licenses to students at those schools. It is not clear whether the publishers of Joy will offer a similar site license and individual student purchase rate.

Finally, it is not known at this point whether the authors will re-optimize Joy for Mathematica 5.1 version.

Fantastic!!!!.......2003-04-12

A wonderful book! Maple has been described as "the force" in CAS with Mathematica described as "the dark force". This wonderful book brings Mathematica into the light.

Making Mathematica a Joy to Use.......2000-06-14

"The Joy of Mathematica" really does make Mathematica software a "Joy" to use, and to learn. Users of Mathematica know and love the powerful capabilities of this excellent mathematical software environment for symbolic and numeric computation with incredible support for 2D and 3D graphics. Students and professionals considering adopting Mathematica are often awestruck by the enormous range of mathematical capabilities suddenly put at their fingertips. However, Mathematica is not a Joy to use, as each powerful command (and there are many) is accompanied by so many parameters and modifiers (all necessary), requiring a not so Joyful syntax. "The Joy of Mathematica" comes to the rescue, and indeed, it is a real JOY to use! "Joy" comes in the form of a book, an easy to use tutorial and guide, with an accompanying CD. The software on the CD installs easily, and modifies your own Mathematica "front end" environment by providing very useful and well organized pull-down menus which launch diaglog boxes. The diaglog boxes are great! They remind the user which parameters and choices need to be specified in the context of a particular Mathematica command. They provide immediate examples for the student to try. They output clear summaries of the entered requests, organize the computed output, and allow the user to view the actual Mathematica commands which "Joy" issues. This in turn helps the user learn Mathematica's arcane command syntax (if you want to bother). "Joy" provides the student and experienced user with the menu structure we all wish we had when using Mathematica. "Joy" is really a terrific teaching and learning tool for college students of science and engineering, and a great way to bring great math software into the hands of high school students. It's a "Joy" for me and my son, and it will work for you too.

On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems

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Mathematical Rationalism has limits
The following is a dissenting view
Gödel's proof of the inadequacy of formalism
One of the Best Books You Should Never Read
Unbelievable theorem

On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems
Kurt Gödel
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First English translation of revolutionary paper (1931) that established that even in elementary parts of arithmetic, there are propositions which cannot be proved or disproved within the system. It is thus uncertain that the basic axioms of arithmetic will not give rise to contradictions. Introduction by R. B. Braithwaite.

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Mathematical Rationalism has limits.......2007-03-17

It is very hard to find faults in what may be the most famous proof of the 20th century.
For those not familiar with the Russell-Whitehead Principia Mathematica notation
this is a very hard book. I had the benefit of the Kac-Ulam explanation.
I did find what might be problems with this proof.
1) One is the reliance on number theory proofs about prime numbers that are assumed true
in the Gödelization of the primes coding of the mathematical axioms.
2) The second is the assumption that the axioms statements represent the minimal
representation of such a system of axioms.
Both are slim if none chances, but ones the Gödel doesn't consider.
Information theory was after this time where we discovered that a system of symbols can indeed at times be more efficiently coded.
The best example of this seems to be Gray code compared to ordinary binary number code ( a number theory code
like Gödel's prime code) where less turns out to be more in information terms.
The theory of primes suffers from the new doctrine of strings that says
that infinite scales don't exist in the "real" world: that a maximum and a minimum
of measure are fixed parts of our reality. This kind of assumption can't be "proved"
but is an axiom of a system of a mathematical sort and is counter to the Euclidean proof of an infinite number of primes.
Primes already discovered by use of computers are much bigger than the numbers of ordinary physics, but
we are already reaching the Turing "stopping" problem in finding new ones.
Some people equate in algorithmic information theory and number theory
the stopping problem with Infinity. That point of view of people like G. J. Chaitin
is itself an unproved assumption. So the metamathematics used in the proof itself may be unprovable propositions.
If so, then the proof based on such propositions can't itself be true.
This argument in no way takes away from the greatness of Gödel and his unique genius
as shown by this line of reasoning.

The following is a dissenting view.......2006-10-25

As indicated in two other reviews of mine here, my comprehension of Goedel's work is opposite to the general one. My marking three stars regardless for this book is motivated by his extensive influence, but also by his fair admission later in life that his thesis could amount to hocus-pocus.

Indeed, I see it as one of the prominent mistakes in logical history, and I shall endeavor to explain as best I can. It should suffice to consider his Section 1, an outline of his proposed proof.

Although that section is brief, it already foreshadows an oppressingly complex logical symbolism for statements that in my view can be made much clearer using ordinary language. The symbolism, to be sure, is intended to establish a formal language, whose meaning is to be decided separately. This will be seen one of the problems.

For now, let me give the principal statement Goedel contended to be true but undecidable (neither provable nor disprovable):

"This statement is unprovable."

He symbolized it (p.40) as: "~Bew[R(n);n]". Font limitations made me slightly change it; the tilde "~" means "not", "Bew" is a German abbreviation for "provable", and within brackets "R(n)" says "Statement n" and "n" stands for the full statement.

Goedel proceeds: "...supposing...~Bew[R(n);n] were provable, it would also be correct; but that means...that...~Bew[R(n);n] would hold good, in contradiction to our initial assumption. If, on the contrary, the negation of ~Bew[R(n);n] were provable, then [its provability] would hold good. ~Bew[R(n);n] would thus be provable [in contradiction to the unprovability it states], which again is impossible." (I corrected some errors within brackets.)

So since both ~Bew[R(n);n] and its negation are unprovable, it is undecidable, and Goedel continues (p.41): "...it follows at once that ~Bew[R(n);n] is correct, since...certainly unprovable (because undecidable). So the proposition which is undecidable in the system...turns out to be decided by metamathematical considerations."

"Metamathematical", in excusing the contradiction, designates the above formal system void of assigned meaning, whereas the statement discussed is to have meaning. Not quite a lucid argument. Overlooked, furthermore, is a contradiction using the same reasoning as in the preceding.

Coupled with the preceding finding that ~Bew[R(n);n] CANNOT be proved unprovable (for if so proved, it would be contradicted), can in contradiction be that it CAN be proved unprovable. For if it were instead provable, it would again be contradicted. The statement in question thus becomes a paradox, rather than true, similar to paradoxes like the "liar", mentioned by Goedel (p.40).

He strangely adds to it the footnote: "Every epistemological [paradox] can likewise be used for a similar undecidability proof." The "liar", however, is, like all paradoxes, not a true statement, as required, but one harboring a contradiction. (I deal in my book with, and offer solutions to, paradoxes more fully, including Goedel's resulting one, without naming him.)

There occurs, further, another huge blunder in the alleged proof. The undecidability is said to apply to some of mathematics; in the above formula, ~Bew[R(n);n], the "n" refers to a number, with this justification by Goedel (p.38): "For metamathematical purposes it is naturally immaterial what objects are taken as basic signs, and we propose to use natural numbers for them." Adding (p.39): "Metamathematical concepts and propositions thereby become concepts and propositions concerning natural numbers..."

How so? In one breath he proposes using natural numbers as immaterial signs, and in the next breath the material concerns natural numbers!

The fallaciousness can indeed be made clear by considering our statement, ~Bew[R(n);n], interpreted as "This statement is unprovable." As noted, in ~Bew[R(n);n] the "n", now a number, is to name the whole statement, inside which it is also used in "Statement n..." But whether or not the statement is named by a number, the point is that the name must refer to the intended content of the statement to correspondingly function, not to the usual number possibly represented. Therefore the statement, or anything else similarly used, has nothing to do with numbers, or mathematics generally.

Gödel's proof of the inadequacy of formalism.......2006-10-16

Gödel proves that a formal system containing arithmetic must be incomplete (i.e. incapable of proving all true statements). The proof consists in creating a statement that says "this statement cannot be proved", for then it follows that either this this statement can be proved and we have proved something false, or it cannot be proved but it is still true. In either case our formal system is flawed. This is in a way an instance of the liar paradox, which was of course well know long before, but no-one had expected it to materialise inside a seemingly sensible formal system. Gödel shows that it does by means of his arithmetisation trick that enables the system to speak about itself. All symbols in the system's alphabet is given a unique number. Then all formulas in the system is assigned the following number: the product of all the factors (n:th prime)^(n:th symbol in the formula). By unique prime factorisation one can recreate the formula from its number. Sequences of formulas---proofs in particular---can be coded by the same method. We can now express the relation "x is a proof of y" inside the formal system. This relation takes two arguments: x*, the Gödel number for the sequence of formulas x, and y*, the Gödel number for the formula y. Inside the formal system it is a perfectly well defined and finite problem to decide whether x is a proof of y, as is quite plausible, although Gödel has to work hard with his recursion theory to prove this strictly. Now that we can express "x is a proof of y" we can also express "x is a proof of y(z)", i.e. a relation that takes three arguments: x*, y*, z*, the Gödel numbers for a sequence x of formulas, a formula y with a free variable, and a formula z. Thus we can also express "there exists no x such that x is a proof of y(z)". In particular, we can send in y* for z, and the statement becomes: "there exists no x such that x is a proof of y(y*)". This expression has one free variable, y. Call it F(y). F(y) is a formula in our formal system, so it has a Gödel number, say F*. Now we can formulate the statement "this statement cannot be proved" inside our formal system as follows: "F(F*)"="there exists no x such that x is a proof of F(F*)"="F(F*) cannot be proved". So if our formal system is consistent (i.e. does not prove false things) then we must accept that it cannot prove F(F*), but then F(F*) is true, so our formal system is incomplete.

One of the Best Books You Should Never Read.......2005-07-24

Godel's incompleteness theorem's are without a doubt genious. However, this day in age, no logician actually reads Godel's original work unless they are only interested in the historical aspect of it. Godel himself is not a very good writer. If you want to study Godel's incompleteness theorems there are other books out there that prove his theorems in a much more refined, shorter, and easier fasion.

Unbelievable theorem.......2004-08-04

Reading through the reviews of self-proclaimed math geniuses (see some of the below unhelpful reviews for examples) is hardly edifying, so I feel compelled to lend a hand. Here are a few comments about this publication:

First, the introduction does a poor job in explicating the theory. I suppose it gives you the basic idea, but this is hardly the first account of the theory one should read. Brathwaite does not connect all of the dots, and it will take a long time to figure out how the proof works from his intro, if you can do it all. (And that's not a challenge or insult; it simply isn't that well written.)

Second, forget about wading through Godel's proof on your own. The reviewer who claimed to do so with two years of algebra and a really good dictionary is simply lying. You do not wade through difficult theorems in mathematical logic without the appropriate tools. And the appropriate tools include having done similar but simpler proofs on your own and having a solid background in mathematical logic. Without this background, it doesn't matter whether you have the ability to be a mathematics professor at Princeton or place top five in the Putnam - you simply will not understand the proof in a rigorous manner. By all means, take a look at it to get a general feel for what's going on, but if you want a semi-technical account read Smullyan's "Godel's Incompleteness Theorems."

Third, as one reviewer pointed out, there are multiple errors in this printing of the proof. This makes what was a tall task virtually impossible.

So what did Godel do that was so interesting?
He proved that there were certain arithmetical statements about whole numbers that were not provable but true. (This was important because it shattered the widely held belief that if you stated a problem in mathematics clearly enough you would be able to determine whether it was true or false. Godel showed this isn't always the case. As an aside, simpler mathematical systems have been shown complete; that is to say, they can answer any well formed question.)
So, how can something be true but unprovable?
The sentence Godel constructed said this, more or less: I am not provable. This statement, if true, is not provable. If it is provable it's false, and correct systems (systems that do not prove false statements) cannot prove false statements. Therefore, it must not be provable. But then it's saying something true, and thus it's true but unprovable. Now, I'm simplifying and being sloppy, and you need to know about the difference between mathematical statements and metamathematical statements, but in a nutshell that's the thrust of his first theorem.

The other interesting aspect of his proof is that he constructed a statement that referred to itself indirectly. Russell, in Principia Mathematica - the work that contains the arithmetical system that served as the model for the arithmetical system in Godel's proof - created a "Theory of Types" which did not allow statements to mention themselves. But the sentence "I am not provable" references itself so it would seem that I've erred. But in fact I haven't; I just didn't fully explain how that sentence worked. (I know you were worried, if for just an instant.) Where was I . . . Godel created a sentence which referred to itself indirectly. The sentenced said, "Sentences with such and such characteristics are unprovable." It so happened that a sentence with such characteristics was itself. Thus, it referred to itself, but only indirectly and not in violation of the "Theory of Types."

All of my blathering, I hope, has impressed on you . . .
1) That this proof is worth understanding.
2) That you shouldn't believe anyone who tells you they worked through and understood the proof without having a signficant background in mathematical logic and the history of the proof. If you don't understand certain basic features of Principia Mathematica you're not going to grasp fully his proof.
3) That you should get an introductory account. Nagle's "Godel's Proof" is excellent and easy to understand. Smullyan's "Godel's Incompleteness Theorems" is more difficult, but not impossible and amounts to what would serve as the textbook of a solid mathematical logic course or two at an elite university.
4) That you shouldn't buy this work if you're hoping to work through his proof, unless of course you have the requisite training. Brain power is not enough.

CRC Standard Curves and Surfaces with Mathematica, Second Edition (Chapman & Hall/Crc Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Science)

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A great updated book on expressing surfaces in Mathematica
A New Edition After 14 Years

CRC Standard Curves and Surfaces with Mathematica, Second Edition (Chapman & Hall/Crc Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Science)
David H. von Seggern
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Since the publication of the first edition, Mathematica has matured considerably and the computing power of desktop computers has increased greatly. This enables the presentation of more complex curves and surfaces as well as the efficient computation of formerly prohibitive graphical plots. Incorporating both of these aspects, CRC Standard Curves and Surfaces with Mathematica, Second Edition is a virtual encyclopedia of curves and functions that depicts nearly all of the standard mathematical functions rendered using Mathematica. While the easy-to-use format remains unchanged from the previous edition, many chapters have been reorganized and better graphical representations of numerous curves and surfaces have been produced. An introductory chapter describes the basic properties of curves and surfaces, includes two handy tables of 2-D and 3-D curve and surface transformations, and provides a quick understanding of the basic nature of mathematical functions. To facilitate more efficient and more thorough use of the material, the whole gamut of curves and surfaces is divided into sixteen individual chapters. The accompanying CD-ROM includes Mathematica notebooks of code to construct plots of all the functions presented in the book. New to the Second Edition · Chapters on minimal surfaces and Green's functions that involve Poisson, wave, diffusion, and Helmholtz equations · Knots and links in the 3-D curves chapter · Archimedean solids, duals of Platonic solids, and stellated forms in the regular polyhedra chapter · Additional curves and surfaces in almost every chapter · Expanded index for quick access to curves or surfaces of interest and to find definitions of common mathematical terms · Upgraded Mathematica notebooks with more uniform formatting, more complete documentation on particular curves and surfaces, an explanation of the plotting algorithms, and more explicit designations of variable parameters to easily adjust curve or surface plots

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A great updated book on expressing surfaces in Mathematica.......2007-01-20

This book is a virtual encyclopedia of curves and functions, and depicts nearly all of the standard mathematical functions rendered using the software package Mathematica. Along with lots of examples, historical notes, and citations, this expanded second edition features four new chapters: Green's Functions, Regular Surfaces, Irregular and Miscellaneous Surfaces, and Minimal Surfaces. It includes coverage on Riemann's continuous but nowhere differentiable function. The book also updates the Mathematica code, called "notebooks," to the latest version (5.0), which allows much more detailed illustrations, and makes these notebooks available on an enclosed CD-ROM, usable on any platform, so that you can easily render and manipulate the functions presented in the book. The book does not provide a tutorial on Mathematica, nor does it delve deeply into the pure mathematics of it all, so you should already be familiar with both. Chapter one is the closest thing to a tutorial in the book. The rest of the chapters read more like a catalog. Highly recommended for anyone involved in scientific visualization who has access to Mathematica, which is a very expensive program. The following is the table of contents:

Chapter 1 - Introduction
1.1. Concept of a Curve
1.2. Concept of a Surface
1.3. Coordinate Systems
1.3.1. Cartesian Coordinates
1.3.2. Polar Coordinates
1.3.3. Cylindrical Coordinates
1.3.4. Spherical Coordinates
1.4. Qualitative Properties of Curves and Surfaces
1.4.1. Derivative
1.4.2. Symmetry
1.4.3. Extent
1.4.4. Asymptotes
1.4.5. Periodicity
1.4.6. Continuity
1.4.7. Singular Points
1.4.8. Critical Points
1.4.9. Zeroes
1.4.10. Integrability
1.4.11. Multiple Values
1.4.12. Curvature
1.5. Classification of Curves and Surfaces
1.5.1. Algebraic Curves
1.5.2. Transcendental Curves
1.5.3. Integral Curves
1.5.4. Piecewise Continuous Functions
1.5.5. Classification of Surfaces
1.6. Basic Curve and Surface Operations
1.6.1. Translation
1.6.2. Rotation
1.6.3. Linear Scaling
1.6.4. Reflection
1.6.5. Rotational Scaling
1.6.6. Radial Translation
1.6.7. Weighting
1.6.8. Nonlinear Scaling
1.6.9. Shear
1.6.10. Matrix Method for Transformation
1.7. Method of Presentation
1.7.1 Equations
1.7.2 Plots

Chapter 2 - Algebraic Functions
2.1 Functions with xn/m
2.2 Functions with xn and (a + bx)m
2.3 Functions with a2 + x2 and xm
2.4 Functions with a2 - x2 and xm
2.5 Functions with a3 + x3 and xm
2.6 Functions with a3 - x3 and xm
2.7 Functions with a4 + x4 and xm
2.8 Functions with a4 - x4 and xm
2.9 Functions with (a + bx)1/2 and xm
2.10 Functions with (a2 - x2)1/2 and xm
2.11 Functions with (x2 - a2)1/2 and xm
2.12 Functions with (a2 + x2)1/2 and xm
2.13 Miscellaneous Functions
2.14 Functions Expressible in Polar Coordinates
2.15 Functions Expressed Parametrically

Chapter 3 - Transcendental Functions
3.1 Functions with sinn(ax) and cosm(bx) (n,m integers)
3.2 Functions with 1 ± a sinn(cx) and 1 ± b cosm(cx)
3.3 Functions with a sinn(cx) + b cosm(cx)
3.4 Functions of More Complicated Arguments
3.5 Inverse Trigonometric Functions
3.6 Logarithmic Functions
3.7 Exponential Functions
3.8 Hyperbolic Functions
3.9 Inverse Hyperbolic Functions
3.10 Trigonometric and Exponential Functions Combined
3.11 Trigonometric Functions Combined with Powers of x
3.12 Logarithmic Functions Combined with Powers of x
3.13 Exponential Functions Combined with Powers of x
3.14 Hyperbolic Functions Combined with Powers of x
3.15 Combinations of Trigonometric Functions, Exponential Functions, and Powers of x
3.16 Miscellaneous Functions
3.17 Functions Expressible in Polar Coordinates
3.18 Functions Expressed Parametrically

Chapter 4 - Polynomial Sets
4.1 Orthogonal Polynomials
4.2 Non-orthogonal Polynomials

Chapter 5 - Special Functions in Mathematical Physics
5.1 Exponential and Related Integrals
5.2 Sine and Cosine Integrals
5.3 Gamma and Related Functions
5.4 Error Functions
5.5 Fresnel Integrals
5.6 Legendre Functions
5.7 Bessel Functions
5.8 Modified Bessel Functions
5.9 Kelvin Functions
5.10 Spherical Bessel Functions
5.11 Modified Spherical Bessel Functions
5.12 Airy Functions
5.13 Riemann Functions
5.14 Parabolic Cylinder Functions
5.15 Elliptic Integrals
5.16 Jacobi Elliptic Functions

Chapter 6 - Green's Functions
6.1 Green's Function for the Poisson Equation
6.2 Green's Function for the Wave Equation
6.3 Green's Function for the Diffusion Equation
6.4 Green's Function for the Helmholtz Equation
6.5 Miscellaneous Green's Functions
6.6 Harmonic Functions - Solutions to Laplace's Equation

Chapter 7 - Special Functions in Probability and Statistics
7.1 Discrete Probability Densities
7.2 Continuous Probability Densities
7.3 Sampling Distributions

Chapter 8 - Nondifferentiable and Discontinuous Functions
8.1 Functions with a Finite Number of Discontinuities
8.2 Functions with an Infinite Number of Discontinuities
8.3 Functions with a Finite Number of Discontinuities in First Derivative
8.4 Functions with an Infinite Number of Discontinuities in First Derivative

Chapter 9 - Random Processes
9.1 Elementary Random Processes
9.2 General Linear Processes
9.3 Integrated Processes
9.4 Fractal Processes
9.5 Poisson Processes

Chapter 10 - Polygons
10.1 Regular Polygons
10.2 Star Polygons
10.3 Irregular Triangles
10.4 Irregular Quadrilaterals
10.5 Polyiamonds
10.6 Polyominoes
10.7 Polyhexes
10.8 Miscellaneous Polygons

Chapter 11 - Three-Dimensional Curves
11.1 Helical Curves
11.2 Sine Waves in Three Dimensions
11.3 Miscellaneous 3-D Curves
11.4 Knots
11.5 Links

Chapter 12 - Algebraic Surfaces
12.1 Functions with ax + by
12.2 Functions with x2/a2 ± y2/b2
12.3 Functions with (x2/a2 + y2/b2 ± c2)1/2
12.4 Functions with x3/a3 ± y3/b3
12.5 Functions with x4/a4 ± y4/b4
12.6 Miscellaneous Functions
12.7 Miscellaneous Functions Expressed Parametrically

Chapter 13 - Transcendental Surfaces
13.1 Trigonometric Functions
13.2 Logarithmic Functions
13.3 Exponential Functions
13.4 Trigonometric and Exponential Functions Combined
13.5 Surface Spherical Harmonics

Chapter 14 - Complex Variable Surfaces
14.1 Algebraic Functions
14.2 Transcendental Functions

Chapter 15 - Minimal Surfaces
15.1 Elementary Minimal Surfaces
15.2 Complex Minimal Surfaces

Chapter 16 - Regular and Semi-Regular Solids with Edges
16.1 Platonic Solids
16.2 Archimedean Solids
16.3 Duals of Platonic Solids
16.4 Stellated (Star) Polyhedra

Chapter 17 - Irregular and Miscellaneous Solids
17.1 Irregular Polyhedra
17.2 Miscellaneous Closed Surfaces with Edges

A New Edition After 14 Years.......2007-01-18

In the 14 years since the previous edition of this book was published:

Mathematica has matured, expanded and improved tremendously The power of the desktop PC has increased many-fold in both processing speed and in memory capacity Several useful but complex curves and surfaces were deliberately left out of the earlier edition because of the first two points.

Taken together, this has almost required this offering of a new edition. Virtually every chapter has been re-written. Even the older curves and surfaces have been re-coded to take advantages of new capabilities within Mathematica. Several new chapters have been writteh to cover:

Green's functions
Minimal Surfaces
Knots and Links added to 3-D curves
the chapter on regular polyhedra has been greatly expanded.

The CD supplied with the books contains Mathematica notebooks of code to construct plots of all the functions presented in the book.

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excellent - must read for beginners
Very good Mathematica introduction for physics students!

A Physicists Guide to Mathematica
Patrick P. Tam
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A Physicists Guide to Mathematica(r) teaches students and professional physicists how to master Mathematica using examples and approaches that will appeal to them. The book illustrates the usefulness of Mathematica in learning, teaching, and carrying out research in physics. Part One gives a practical, physics-oriented, and self-contained introduction to the program. Part Two covers the application of Mathematica to mechanics, electricityand magnetism, and quantum physics.
Mathematica enables the user to solve a wide range of physics problems, from the most important to those that are just for fun, and provides an environment that allows the user to develop a greater intuitive understanding of physics. This book aids the reader in using Mathematica for numerical, symbolic, and graphical calculations, and also demonstrates the programs capability to animate two- and three-dimensional graphics. Tams treatment of the subject is greatly detailed, and makes this book an essential reference for anyone needing an introduction to Mathematicas application to physics.
This book teaches upper-division and graduate physics students as well as professional physicists how to master Mathematic(r), using examples and approaches that are motivating to them. It also shows that this computer algebra system can be a powerful and wonderful tool for learning, teaching, and doing physics. Part I gives a practical, physics-oriented, and self-contained introduction to Mathematica. Part II considers the application of Mathematica to mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and quantum physics.

* Requires no prior knowledge of Mathematica or computer programming
* Includes a disk containing all Mathematica input used in the text for practical application, which can be used by both Macintosh and Windows users

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excellent - must read for beginners.......2002-01-02

I read many Mathematica books, introductory and advanced - yet this one clearly stands out (even in this high quality field).

The title and the previous reviewer suggest that this is a book for physicists or physics students. This is quite unfortunate, as it may put off others from learning proper use of Mathematica from this book. True, the examples are from physics, but most of them are elementary physics, done by students of science, life sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering etc.

The reason why non-physicists should read that book is extremely clear exposure of three areas of Mathematica: a) introductory level use of mma as a simple calculator/grapher/equation solver; b) very good illustration on practical aspects of using mma to solve slightly larger problems - showing the right _methodology_ of mapping real world problems into mma so they can be solved neatly; c) very good introduction to programming in Mathematica on the introductory to intermediate level (with some hints of advanced)

I admit to having a strong bias towards this book - it is one of many introductory books I read and I regret it was not my first one. That would have saved me reading others - beginners, intermediate and advanced alike. [OK, I read them just to compare, anyway :-)]

Very good Mathematica introduction for physics students!.......2000-04-02

If you need to apply Mathematica to study real physical systems,then i think you can find a lot of useful material in this book.The book begins with the use of Mathematica as an advanced interactive calculator and graphic display ,then elucidates its use as a programming language and finally shows a series of Mathematica packages that deal with specific problems in different physical areas.The author mixes explanations and hints with one to one reproduction of the computer screen inputs and outputs.The exposition is very clear and student-friendly.On the whole a great text!

Programming in Mathematica (3rd Edition)

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Programming in Mathematica (3rd Edition)
Roman Maeder
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This revised and expanded edition of the standard reference on programming in Mathematica addresses all the new features in the latest Version 3 of the software. The support for developing larger applications has been improved, and the book now discusses the software engineering issues related to writing and using larger programs in Mathematica. As before, Roman Maeder, one of the original authors of the Mathematica system, explains how to take advantage of its powerful built-in programming language.

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a perfect example of "literate programming".......2004-10-26

I read 2nd edition of the book. "Programming in Mathematica" (PIM) is certainly a classic work (in programming style) for writing Mathematica packages. I also think it as a perfect example of literate programming in Mathematica, if you are trying literate programming in Mathematica.

The literate programming style encourages writing explanation explicitly with the computer code so that both get pretty-printed and become human friendly. PIM is exactly such a perfect example. Nearly each Mathematica code piece in the book was clearly and elegantly explained.

I noticed that Silvio Levy commented at the back of 3rd Edition of PIM. Silvio Levy is one of the creators of CWEB, a literate programming tool for C language. Wondering if this book also satisfies his taste of literate programming.

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