Math bytes : Google bombs, chocolate-covered pi, and other cool bits in computing /

This book provides a fun, hands-on approach to learning how mathematics and computing relate to the world around us and help us to better understand it. How can reposting on Twitter kill a movie's opening weekend? How can you use mathematics to find your celebrity look-alike? What is Homer Simp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chartier, Timothy P. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Temas:
Mathematics > Popular works.
Mathematics > Data processing > Popular works.
Computer science > Popular works.
Mathématiques > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Mathématiques > Informatique > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Informatique > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS > Reference.
MATHEMATICS > Applied.
Computer science
Mathematics
Mathematics > Data processing
Popular works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book provides a fun, hands-on approach to learning how mathematics and computing relate to the world around us and help us to better understand it. How can reposting on Twitter kill a movie's opening weekend? How can you use mathematics to find your celebrity look-alike? What is Homer Simpson's method for disproving Fermat's Last Theorem? Each topic in this refreshingly inviting book illustrates a famous mathematical algorithm or result--such as Google's PageRank and the traveling salesman problem--and the applications grow more challenging as you progress through the chapters.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 136 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400851423
1400851424

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