Mathematics for Computer Scientists
A Practice-Oriented Approach
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In the appendix you will find the Greek alphabet as well as the table of the normal distribution.
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In this chapter you will learn:
the dot product and norms for real vector spaces, the special dot product in
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Sets, operations on sets and map**s between sets are part of the language of mathematics. Therefore, we begin the book with them. If you have worked through this first chapter, you will know
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This chapter lays the foundation for investigations of convergent sequences and continuous functions. By the end of this chapter, you will
know what characterizes the real numbers,
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At the end of this chapter
you will know what an axiomatic system is, and know the axioms of natural numbers, you can represent natural...
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The study of continuous functions is at the center of analysis. If you have worked through this chapter
you know what a continuous real or complex function is and can check if a giv...
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At the end of this chapter
you will know what an algebraic structure is, you will know the most important algebraic structures: groups,...
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At the end of this chapter you will have
learned the integral as the area under a piecewise continuous function, understood the connect...
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After finishing this chapter
you will know what discrete and continuous random variables are, you will know the connection between rand...
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The use of coordinates and matrices in linear algebra lays the foundation for algorithms in many areas of computer science. By the end of this chapter, you will know
the relation be...
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The final chapter from the second part of the book familiarizes you with applications of theoretical mathematics to specific computational tasks. At the end of this chapter
you kno...
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Now you can reap the fruits of the last chapters. If you have worked through this chapter
then you know what a sample is, and can calculate the sample mean, the mean squared error a...
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At the end of this chapter
you will know what the determinant of a matrix is and can compute it, you have learned the terms eigenvalue ...
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This chapter contains many algorithms and is particularly close to computer science. If you have worked through it
you know the basic concepts of graph theory: nodes, edges, degree,...
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As a computer scientist you are constantly dealing with tasks from logic. In this chapter you will learn
what a proposition is, the dif...
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At the end of this chapter
you will know what convergent sequences are, and be able to calculate limits of sequences, you will be able ...
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The central learning content of this chapter is
the binomial coefficient and its most important properties, the use of the mathematical...
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A long chapter lies before you. If you manage it
you know the definition of the derivative for functions of one or more variables, you ...
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In this chapter you will learn
the operations on the classical vector spaces
\({\mathbb{R}}^{2}\)
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