Computing a historical and technical perspective
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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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CRC Press
2017.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628740906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Chapter 1: The Dawn of Counting; Chapter 2: Representation of Numbers; Chapter 3: Rational and Irrational Numbers; Chapter 4: Prime Numbers; Chapter 5: Euclid's Elements; Chapter 6: Diophantus of Alexandria and Arithmetica; Chapter 7: Secret Writing in Ancient Civilization; Chapter 8: The Abacus; Chapter 9: Book of Calculation by Fibonacci; Chapter 10: Decimal Fractions and Logarithms; Chapter 11: Calculating Machines; Chapter 12: Solutions to Algebraic Equations; Chapter 13: Real and Complex Numbers; Chapter 14: Cardinality
- Chapter 15: Boolean Algebras and ApplicationsChapter 16: Computability and Its Limitations; Chapter 17: Cryptography from the Medieval to the Modern Ages; Chapter 18: Electronic Computers; Chapter 19: Numerical Methods; Chapter 20: Modular Arithmetic; Chapter 21: Cybernetics and Information Theory; Chapter 22: Error Detecting and Correcting Codes; Chapter 23: Automata and Formal Languages; Chapter 24: Artificial Intelligence; Chapter 25: Programming Languages; Chapter 26: Algorithms and Computational Complexity; Chapter 27: The Design of Computer Algorithms
- Chapter 28: Parallel and Distributed ComputingChapter 29: Computer Networks; Chapter 30: Public-Key Cryptography; Chapter 31: Quantum Computing; Back Cover
