Math bytes

Math bytes: Google bombs, chocolate-covered pi, and other cool bits in computing

by Chartier, Tim

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This book provides a hands-on approach to learning how mathematics and computing relate to the world around us and help us to better understand it. How can reposting on Twitter kill a movie's opening weekend? How can you use mathematics to find your celebrity look-alike? What is Homer Simpson's method for disproving Fermat's Last Theorem? Each topic in this book illustrates a famous mathematical algorithm or result - such as Google's PageRank and the travelling salesman problem - and the applic…

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  • Full title :Math bytes : Google bombs, chocolate-covered pi, and other cool bits in computing

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This book provides a hands-on approach to learning how mathematics and computing relate to the world around us and help us to better understand it. How can reposting on Twitter kill a movie's opening weekend? How can you use mathematics to find your celebrity look-alike? What is Homer Simpson's method for disproving Fermat's Last Theorem? Each topic in this book illustrates a famous mathematical algorithm or result - such as Google's PageRank and the travelling salesman problem - and the applications grow more challenging as you progress through the chapters

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  • Publication Date:2014

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  • Description:xi, 136 sider : : illustrations (nogle i farver)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780691160603, 0691160600
  • oclc:ocn903152790

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Databehandling Matematik

Writers

Chartier, Tim

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