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Exploring a vast array of topics related to computation, Computing: A Historical and Technical Perspective covers the historical and technical foundation of ancient and modern-day computing. The book starts with the earliest references to counting by humans, introduces various number systems, and di...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Igarashi, Yoshihide (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press, 2014.
Temas:
Computer science.
Electronic Data Processing
Informatique.
COMPUTERS > Computer Literacy.
COMPUTERS > Computer Science.
COMPUTERS > Data Processing.
COMPUTERS > Hardware > General.
COMPUTERS > Information Technology.
COMPUTERS > Machine Theory.
COMPUTERS > Reference.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The dawn of counting
  • Representation of numbers
  • Rational and irrational numbers
  • Prime numbers
  • Euclid's elements
  • Diophantus of Alexandria and the Arithmetica
  • Secret writing in ancient civilization
  • The abacus
  • Book of calculation by Fibonacci
  • Decimal fractions and logarithms
  • Calculating machines
  • Solutions to algebraic equations
  • Real and complex numbers
  • Cardinality
  • Boolean algebras and applications
  • Computability and its limitations
  • Cryptography from the medieval to the modern ages
  • Electronic computers
  • Numerical methods
  • Modular arithmetic
  • Cybernetics and information theory
  • Error detecting and correcting codes
  • Automata and formal languages
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Programming languages
  • Algorithms and computational complexity
  • The design of computer algorithms
  • Parallel and distributed computing
  • Computer networks
  • Public-key cryptography
  • Quantum computing.

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