Book Description
A must-have for the legions of Java programmers who create financial, scientific and data analysis applications.
Contains clear, non-theoretical explanations of practical numerical algorithms.
Based on the Java programming language and its intrinsic computational features.
Introduces popular computational algorithms without being encyclopedic or cluttered in mathematical detail -- working Java programs demonstrate all concepts used in the book. This book introduces Java programmers to numerical computing. It contains clear, non-theoretical explanations of practical numerical algorithms, including safely summing numbers, finding roots of equations, interpolation and approximation, numerical integration and differentiation, and matrix operations, including solving sets of simultaneous equations. Many of the programs are applets that take advantage of Java's interactive graphics capabilities. These programs allow the user to interact with them as they dynamically demonstrate the computational algorithms in action. Java Number Cruncher devotes several chapters to searching for patterns in the prime numbers, generating random numbers, intriguing formulas for pi and e, arbitrarily long numbers and their relationship to data encryption, and algorithms for creating fractal images. Working Java programs demonstrate all the concepts from this book.
Ron Mak is a successful programmer, architect, and engineering manager in Silicon Valley with over 20 years of experience. He has designed and implemented computational applications that emphasized both accuracy and performance. At Apple, he created a toolkit for third-party developers to build interactive computational applications. Ron is the author of Writing Compilers and Interpreters- A Practical Approach (Wiley, 047150968X, 1991) and Writing Compilers and Interpreters- C++ Edition (Wiley, 0471113530, 1996). He has authored technical articles on distributed systems, application development environments, and CORBA programming with Java.
Synopsis
This book introduces Java programmers to numerical computing. It contains clear, non-theoretical explanations of practical numerical algorithms, including safely summing numbers, finding roots of equations, interpolation and approximation, numerical integration and differentiation, and matrix operations, including solving sets of simultaneous equations. Many of the programs are applets that take advantage of Java's interactive graphics capabilities. These programs allow the user to interact with them as they dynamically demonstrate the computational algorithms in action. Java Number Cruncher devotes several chapters to searching for patterns in the prime numbers, generating random numbers, intriguing formulas for pi and e, arbitrarily long numbers and their relationship to data encryption, and algorithms for creating fractal images. Working Java programs demonstrate all the concepts from this book.
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