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Mathematics and Technology

Mathematics and Technology presents technological applications of mathematics making use of elegant mathematical concepts. The selected subjects consist of: public key cryptography, error correcting codes, the global positioning system (GPS) and cartography, image compression using fractals and the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Rousseau, Christiane (Autor), Saint-Aubin, Yvan (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Colección:Springer Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics and Technology,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Positioning on Earth and in Space
  • Friezes and Mosaics
  • Robotic Motion
  • Skeletons and Gamma Ray Radiosurgery
  • Savings and Loans
  • Error Correcting Codes
  • Public Key Cryptography
  • Random Number Generators
  • Google and the Page Rank Algorithm
  • Why 44100 Samples per Second
  • Image Compression Iterated Function Systems
  • Image Compression The JPEG Standard
  • The DNA Computer
  • Calculus of Variations
  • Science Flashes.