1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299989303321

Autore

Lyche Tom

Titolo

Exercises in Computational Mathematics with MATLAB / / by Tom Lyche, Jean-Louis Merrien

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-662-43511-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 372 p. 136 illus., 90 illus. in color.)

Collana

Problem Books in Mathematics, , 0941-3502

Disciplina

620.00151

Soggetti

Computer science - Mathematics

Matrix theory

Algebra

Applied mathematics

Engineering mathematics

Approximation theory

Computer-aided engineering

Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis

Linear and Multilinear Algebras, Matrix Theory

Mathematical and Computational Engineering

Approximations and Expansions

Applications of Mathematics

Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1 An Introduction to MATLAB commands -- 2 Matrices and Linear Systems -- 3 Matrices, Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors -- 4 Matrices, Norms and Conditioning -- 5 Iterative Methods -- 6 Polynomial Interpolation -- 7 Bézier Curves and Bernstein Polynomials -- 8 Piecewise Polynomials, Interpolation and Applications -- 9 Approximation of Integrals -- 10 Linear Least Squares Methods -- 11 Continuous and Discrete Approximations -- 12 Ordinary Differential Equations, One Step Methods -- 13 Finite Differences for differential and partial differential equations -- References -- Index of Names --



Subject Index -- MATLAB Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Designed to provide tools for independent study, this book contains student-tested mathematical exercises joined with MATLAB programming exercises.   Most chapters open with a review followed by theoretical and programming exercises, with detailed solutions provided for all problems including programs. Many of the MATLAB exercises are presented as Russian dolls: each question improves and completes the previous program and results are provided to validate the intermediate programs.   The book offers useful MATLAB commands, advice on tables, vectors, matrices and basic commands for plotting. It contains material on eigenvalues and eigenvectors and  important norms of vectors and matrices including perturbation theory; iterative methods for solving nonlinear and linear equations; polynomial and piecewise polynomial interpolation; Bézier curves; approximations of  functions and integrals and more. The last two chapters considers ordinary differential equations including two point boundary value problems, and deal with finite difference methods for some partial differential equations.   The format is designed to assist students working alone, with concise Review paragraphs, Math Hint footnotes on the mathematical aspects of a problem and MATLAB Hint footnotes with tips on programming.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953798703321

Autore

Burnett Robert <1956->

Titolo

The global jukebox : the international music industry / / Robert Burnett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996

ISBN

1-134-87210-0

1-134-87209-7

1-282-32007-6

9786612320071

0-203-13777-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Collana

Communication and society

Disciplina

338.4778

338.4778164

Soggetti

Music trade

Popular music - History and criticism

Music - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-165) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Music and the entertainment industry; Music as popular culture; The music industry in transition; The production of popular music; The consumption of popular music; The American example; The Swedish example; Future sounds: a global jukebox?; Postscript; Appendix: Internet World Wide Web (WWW) music home pages; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Popular music is with us constantly. It is part of our everyday environment and in global terms it is now perhaps the most universal means of communication.The Global Jukebox is the first comprehensive study of the international music industry at a time of great change, as the entertainment industry acknowledges its ever growing global audience. Robert Burnett provides an international overview of the music business and its future prospects in the UK, Northern Europe and the United States and Canada. He examines the relationship between local and global cultures and between concent