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Quantum Mechanics Using Maple permits the study of quantum mechanics in a novel, interactive way using the computer algebra and graphics system Maple V. Usually the physics student is distracted from understanding the concepts of modern physics by the need to master unfamiliar mathematics at the same time. In 39 guided Maple sessions the reader explores many standard quantum mechanics problems, as well as some advanced topics that introduce approximation techniques. A solid knowledge of Maple V is acquired as it applies to advanced mathematics relevant for engineering, physics, and applied mathematics. The diskette contains 39 Maple V for Windows worksheet files to reproduce all the problems presented in the text. The suggested exercises can be performed with a minimum of typing.

This concise text on geometry with computer modeling presents some elementary methods for analytical modeling and visualization of curves and surfaces. The author systematically examines such powerful tools as 2-D and 3-D animation of geometric images, transformations, shadows, and colors, and then further studies more complex problems in differential geometry. Well-illustrated with more than 350 figures–-reproducible using Maple programs in the book–-the work is devoted to three main areas: curves, surfaces, and polyhedra.

"Introduction to Computational Science" was developed over a period of two years at the University of Utah Department of Computer Science in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy-funded Undergraduate Computation in Engineering Science (UCES) program. Each chapter begins by introducing a problem and then guiding the student through its solution. The computational techniques needed to solve the problem are developed as necassary, making the motivation for learning the computing alwasy apparent. Each chapter will introduce a single problem that will be used to motivate a single computing concept. The notes currently consist of 15 chapters. The first seven chapters deal with Maple and the last eight with C. The textbook will contain 20 to 30 chapters covering a similar mix of concepts at a finer level of detail.

Providing the user with a unique insight into the finite element method, along with symbolic programming that fundamentally changes the way applications can be developed, this book is an essential tool for undergraduate or early postgraduate course, as well as a reference book for engineers and scientists who want to develop quickly finite-element programs. The use of symbolic computation in Maple system delivers new benefits in the analysis and understanding of The finite element method.

This book provides an introduction to the theory of dynamical systems with the aid of the Maple algebraic manipulation package. lt is written for both senior un­ dergraduates and first-year graduale students. The firsthalf of the book deals with continuous systems using ordinary differential equations (Chapters 1-12) and the second half is devoted to the study of discrete dynamical systems (Chapters 13-20). (The author has gone for breadth of coverage rather than fine detail and theorems with proof are kept at a minimum.) The material is not clouded by functional analytic and group theoretical definitions, and so is intelligible to readers with a general mathematical background. Some of the topics covered are scarcely cov­ ered elsewhere. Most of the material in Chapters 9-12, 16, 17, 19, and 20 is at postgraduale Ievel and has been influenced by the author's own research interests. It has been found that these chapters are especially useful as reference material for senior undergraduate project work. The book has a very hands-on approach and takes the reader from the basic theory right through to recently published research material.

Many problems in classical mechanics can now be readily solved using computers. This text integrates Maple, a general-purpose symbolic computation program, into the traditional sophomore- or junior-level mechanics course. Intended primarily as a supplement to a standard text, it discusses all the topics usually covered in the course and shows how to solve problems using Maple and how to display solutions graphically to gain further insight. The text is self-contained and can also be used for self-study or as the primary text in a mechanics course.