Advanced Mathematics and Mechanics Applications Using MATLAB, Third Edition [Hardcover]

David Halpern (Author), Howard B. Wilson (Author), Louis H. Turcotte (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 158488262X | ISBN-13: 978-1584882626 | Publication Date: September 17, 2002 | Edition: 3

Since its introduction in 1984, MATLAB's ever-growing popularity and functionality have secured its position as an industry-standard software package. The user-friendly, interactive environment of MATLAB 6.x, which includes a high-level programming language, versatile graphics capabilities, and abundance of intrinsic functions, helps users focus on their applications rather than on programming errors. MATLAB has now leapt far ahead of FORTRAN as the software of choice for engineering applications.

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Material [in this book] can serve as a valuable resource for the AEM course that provides a brief exposure to numerics. It can also supplement the more heavily numerical course.
- SIAM Review, Vol. 46, No. 3

Product Details

• Hardcover: 696 pages
• Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC; 3 edition (September 17, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 158488262X
• ISBN-13: 978-1584882626
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,295,263 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Turned MATLAB loose on a variety of engineering problems, November 18, 1999

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This review is from: Advanced Mathematics and Mechanics Applications Using MATLAB, Second Edition (Hardcover)

This book begins with an introduction to MATLAB, language and graphics. I found this useful (fprint instead of disp, for example). Many engineering problems are set up and solved using MATLAB functions and m-files Applications of Fourier Series, the Dynamic Response of Second-Order Systems, and problems in ordinary and partial differential equations are presented. Many of the problems are specialized (consider the forced vibration of a pile embedded in an elastic medium, for example). Overall I liked the book, it presents a brief overview of the mathematics upon which each problem is based, and the m-files are well documented. I'm using it in an Applied Mathematics class.