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John H. Hubbard
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Department of Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
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Beverly H. West
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Department of Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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The Mathematics
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- John H. Hubbard, Beverly H. West
Pages 1-4
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- John H. Hubbard, Beverly H. West
Pages 5-17
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- John H. Hubbard, Beverly H. West
Pages 19-26
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The Programs
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- John H. Hubbard, Beverly H. West
Pages 27-30
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- John H. Hubbard, Beverly H. West
Pages 31-38
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- John H. Hubbard, Beverly H. West
Pages 39-46
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- John H. Hubbard, Beverly H. West
Pages 47-52
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- John H. Hubbard, Beverly H. West
Pages 53-57
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- John H. Hubbard, Beverly H. West
Pages 59-66
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- John H. Hubbard, Beverly H. West
Pages 67-75
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- John H. Hubbard, Beverly H. West
Pages 77-80
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- John H. Hubbard, Beverly H. West
Pages 81-86
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- John H. Hubbard, Beverly H. West
Pages 87-94
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- John H. Hubbard, Beverly H. West
Pages 95-99
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- John H. Hubbard, Beverly H. West
Pages 101-105
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- John H. Hubbard, Beverly H. West
Pages 107-110
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- John H. Hubbard, Beverly H. West
Pages 111-120
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The Mathematics Revisited — Technical Reference
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- John H. Hubbard, Beverly H. West
Pages 121-129
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- John H. Hubbard, Beverly H. West
Pages 131-139
About this book
MacMath is a scientific toolkit for the Macintosh ™ computer developed by John H. Hubbard and Beverly H. West, consisting of twelve graphics programs. It supports mathematical computation and experimentation in dynamical systems, both for differential equations and for iteration. The MacMath package was designed to accompany the textbook Differential Equations: A Dynamical Sys tems Approach, also by J. H. Hubbard and B. H. West (Part I, One Dimensional Equations, 1990; Part II, Higher Dimensional Systems, 1991; Springer-Verlag). We have developed this text and software for a junior-senior level course in Applicable Mathematics at Cornell University, in order to take advantage of the new qualitative and geometric insights made possible by the advent of excellent and easily accessible graphics. Our primary reasons are two: 1. A picture is worth a thousand words. Graphics are far more than just a luxury - the human brain is made to process visual information; more information can be assimilated in a few seconds of looking at a graphics output than in months of analyzing a tabulated computer printout, perhaps a centimeter thick, carrying the same numerical information. 2. From qualitative analysis we can obtain excellent quantitative information.