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UNINA9910462821603321 |
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Hahn Brian D |
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Essential MATLAB for engineers and scientists [[electronic resource] /] / Brian H. Hahn, Daniel T. Valentine |
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Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier, c2013 |
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1-283-95060-X |
0-12-394613-1 |
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[5th ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (425 p.) |
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Numerical analysis - Data processing |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Essentials; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Using MATLAB; 1.1.1 Arithmetic; 1.1.2 Variables; 1.1.3 Mathematical functions; 1.1.4 Functions and commands; 1.1.5 Vectors; 1.1.6 Linear equations; 1.1.7 Tutorials and demos; 1.2 The desktop; 1.2.1 Using the Editor and running a script; 1.2.2 Help, publish, and view; 1.2.3 Symbolics and the MuPAD notebook APP; Differentiation and integration; 1.2.4 Other APPS; 1.2.5 Additional features; 1.3 Sample program; 1.3.1 Cut and paste; 1.3.2 Saving a program: script files; Current directory |
Running a script from the current folder browser1.3.3 A program in action; Summary; Chapter exercises; 2 MATLAB Fundamentals; 2.1 Variables; 2.1.1 Case sensitivity; 2.2 The workspace; 2.2.1 Adding commonly used constants to the workspace; 2.3 Arrays: Vectors and matrices; 2.3.1 Initializing vectors: Explicit lists; 2.3.2 Remember the following important rules; 2.3.2 Initializing vectors: The colon operator; 2.3.3 The linspace and logspace functions; 2.3.4 Transposing vectors; 2.3.5 Subscripts; 2.3.6 Matrices; 2.3.7 Capturing output; 2.3.8 Structure plan; 2.4 Vertical motion under gravity |
2.5 Operators, expressions, and statements2.5.1 Numbers; 2.5.2 Data types; 2.5.3 Arithmetic operators; 2.5.4 Operator precedence; 2.5.5 The colon operator; 2.5.6 The transpose operator; 2.5.7 Arithmetic operations on arrays; 2.5.8 Expressions; 2.5.9 Statements; 2.5.10 |
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Statements, commands, and functions; 2.5.11 Formula vectorization; 2.6 Output; 2.6.1 The disp statement; 2.6.2 The format command; 2.6.3 Scale factors; 2.7 Repeating with for; 2.7.1 Square roots with Newton's method; 2.7.2 Factorials!; 2.7.3 Limit of a sequence; 2.7.4 The basic for construct; 2.7.5 for in a single line |
2.7.6 More general for2.7.7 Avoid for loops by vectorizing!; 2.8 Decisions; 2.8.1 The one-line if statement; 2.8.2 The if-else construct; 2.8.3 The one-line if-else statement; 2.8.4 elseif; 2.8.5 Logical operators; 2.8.6 Multiple ifs versus elseif; 2.8.7 Nested ifs; 2.8.8 Vectorizing ifs?; 2.8.9 The switch statement; 2.9 Complex numbers; Summary; Chapter exercises; 3 Program Design and Algorithm Development; 3.1 The program design process; 3.1.1 The projectile problem; 3.2 Programming MATLAB functions; 3.2.1 Inline objects: harmonic oscillators; 3.2.2 MATLAB function: y = f(x); Summary |
Chapter exercises4 MATLAB Functions and Data Import-Export Utilities; 4.1 Common functions; 4.2 Importing and exporting data; 4.2.1 The load and save commands; 4.2.2 Exporting text (ASCII) data; 4.2.3 Importing text (ASCII) data; 4.2.4 Exporting binary data; 4.2.4.1 Importing binary data; Summary; Chapter exercises; 5 Logical vectors; 5.1 Examples; 5.1.1 Discontinuous graphs; 5.1.2 Avoiding division by zero; 5.1.3 Avoiding infinity; 5.1.4 Counting random numbers; 5.1.5 Rolling dice; 5.2 Logical operators; 5.2.1 Operator precedence; 5.2.2 Danger; 5.2.3 Logical operators and vectors |
5.3 Subscripting with logical vectors |
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The fifth edition of Essential MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists provides a concise, balanced overview of MATLAB's functionality that facilitates independent learning, with coverage of both the fundamentals and applications. The essentials of MATLAB are illustrated throughout, featuring complete coverage of the software's windows and menus. Program design and algorithm development are presented clearly and intuitively, along with many examples from a wide range of familiar scientific and engineering areas. This is an ideal book for a first course on MATLAB or for an engine |
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UNINA9910960260103321 |
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Titolo |
Between nihilism and politics : the hermeneutics of Gianni Vattimo / / edited by Silvia Benso and Brian Schroeder |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2010 |
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9781438432861 |
1438432860 |
9781441678638 |
1441678638 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (278 p.) |
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Collana |
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SUNY series in contemporary Italian philosophy |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Intro -- Between Nihilism and Politics -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One. Hermeneutics and Nihilism -- 1. The Experiment of Nihilism: Interpretation and Experience of Truth in Gianni Vattimo -- 2. Vattimo's Theory of Truth -- 3. Vattimo's Hermeneutics as a Practice of Freedom -- 4. Weak Thought and the Recovery of Reason -- 5. Beyond Interpretation? On Some Perplexities Following Upon Vattimo's "Turn" from Hermeneutics -- Part Two. Metaphysics and Religion -- 6. Metaphysics, Violence, and Alterity in Gianni Vattimo -- 7. Thinking the Origin,Awaiting Salvation -- 8. Postmodern Salvation: Gianni Vattimo's Philosophy of Religion -- 9. Secularization as a Post-Metaphysical Religious Vocation: Gianni Vattimo's Post-Secular Faith -- Part Three. Politics and Technology -- 10. Philosophy and Politics at the End of Metaphysics -- 11. Deciding to Bear Witness: Revolutionary Rupture and Liberal Continuity in Weak Thought -- 12. Emancipation and the Future of the Utopian: On Vattimo's Philosophy of History -- 13. "Postmodernity as the Ontological Sense of Technology"and Democratic Politics -- 14. What's Wrong with Biotechnology?Vattimo's Interpretation of Science,Technology, and the Media -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- |
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D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z. |
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Essays describe Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo's unique and radical hermeneutic philosophy. |
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