TY  - BOOK
AU  - Larsen,Ronald W.
TI  - Introduction to MathCAD
SN  - 0139374930
U1  - 510.2855369 21
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Upper Saddle River, NJ
PB  - Prentice Hall
KW  - MathCAD
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Data processing
N1  - Content 

1 MATHCAD: THE ENGINEER'S SCRATCH PAD                                    
1.1 Introduction to Mathcad 
1.2 Mathcad as a Design Tool 
1.3 Mathcad as a Mathematical Problem Solver 
1.4 Mathcad as a Unit Converter 
1.5 Mathcad for Presenting Results 
1,6 Mathcad's Place in an Engineer's Tool Kit 
1.7 What's New in Mathcad 13? 
1.8 Conventions Used  
Key Terms 
Problems 
Answers to Selected Problems 


2 MATHCAD FUNDAMENTALS                                                   
2.1 The Mathcad Workspace 
2.2 Controlling the Order of Solving Equations in Mathcad 
2.3 Four Different Kinds of Equal Signs! 
2.4 Entering an Equation 
2.5 Modifying an Equation 
2.6 Working with Units 
2.7 Controlling How Results Are Displayed
2.8 Entering and Editing Text 
2.9 A Simple Editing Session 
2.10 Saving Your Worksheets 
Summary   
Mathcad Summary 
Key Terms 
Problems 
Solutions to PRACTICE! Problems 
Answers to Selected Problems 


3 MATHCAD FUNCTIONS                                                     
3.1 Mathcad Functions 
3.2 Elementary Mathematics Functions and Operators 
3.3 Trigonometric Functions 
3.4 Functions for Handling Complex Numbers 
3.5 Advanced Mathematics Functions 
3.6 String Functions 
3.7 User-Written Functions 
Summary 
Mathcad Summary 
Key Terms 
Problems 
Solutions to PRACTICE! Problems
Answers to Selected Problems 


4 WORKING WITH MATRICES                                               
4.1 Mathcad's Matrix Definitions 
4.2 Defining a Matrix 
4.3 Matrix Math Operations 
4.4 Solving Systems of Linear Algebraic Equations 
4.5 Array Functions 
4.6 Modifying Matrices 
4.7 Additional Ways to Initialize Arrays 
Summary 
Mathcad Summary 
Key Terms 
Problems 
Solutions to PRACTICE! Problems
Answers to Selected Problems 


5 DATA ANALYSIS FUNCTIONS                                              
5.1 Graphing with Mathcad 
5.2 Statistical Functions 
5.3 interpolation  
5.4 Curve Fitting  
Summary 
Mathcad Summary 
Key Terms 
Problems 
Solutions to PRACTICE! Problems 
Answers to Selected Problems 


6 PROGRAMMING IN MATHCAD                                              
New Energy Sources 
6.1 Mathcad Programs 
6.2 Writing a Simple Program
6.3 The Programming Toolbar 
6.4 Program Flowcharts 
6.5 Basic Elements of Programming  
Summary 
Key Terms 
Problems 
Solutions to PRACTICE! Problems 
Answers to Selected Problems 


7 MATHCAD'S SYMBOLIC MATH CAPABILITIES                               
Composite Materials 
7.1 Symbolic Math with Mathcad 
7.2 Solving an Equation Symbolically 
7.3 Manipulating Equations 
7.4 Polynomial Coefficients 
7.5 Symbolic Matrix Math 
7.6 Symbolic integration 
7.7 Symbolic Differentiation  
Summary   
Mathcad Summary 
Key Terms 
Problems 
Solutions to PRACTICE! Problems 
Answers to Selected Problems

 
8 NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES                                              
Engineering in Medicine 
8.1 iterative Solutions 
8.2 Numerical integration 
8.3 Numerical Differentiation 
Summary 
Mathcad Summary 
Key Terms 
Problems 
Solutions to PRACTICE! Problems 


9 USING MATHCAD WITH OTHER PROGRAMS                                      
9.1 Introduction 
9.2 Mathcad and Microsoft Word 
9.3 Mathcad and Microsoft Excel 
9.4 Mathcad and Matlab 
Summary 
Problems
; Includes bibliographical references and index
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