Number-crunching : taming unruly computational problems from mathematical physics to science fiction / / Paul J. Nahin.

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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:xxvi, 376 p. :; ill.
Notes:"A collection of challenging problems in mathematical physics that roar like lions when attacked analytically, but which purr like kittens when confronted by a high-speed electronic computer and its powerful scientific software (plus some speculations for the future from science fiction)."
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500 |a "A collection of challenging problems in mathematical physics that roar like lions when attacked analytically, but which purr like kittens when confronted by a high-speed electronic computer and its powerful scientific software (plus some speculations for the future from science fiction)." 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
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