Mathematics and Experiments: MATLAB and QBASIC Applications

Author: Yan Lin
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book is written by the author based on the basic conditions of liberal arts students, drawing on years of experience in coaching students for the National University Mathematical Modeling Contest and teaching "Mathematical Experiments" courses. The book is divided into 5 chapters, containing 15 experiments, covering fundamental linear algebra, an overview of calculus, operations research and planning problems, statistical data analysis, and social issues. Tailored to the characteristics of liberal arts students, the book emphasizes understanding the basic ideas of mathematics, focuses on training students' mathematical thinking, reduces emphasis on formal calculations, and integrates mathematical knowledge, mathematical models, and computer applications using tools like MATLAB. This approach enables students to grasp mathematical concepts better, faster, more comprehensively, and more easily within a shorter time. The book is a research outcome of the Yunnan Provincial Department of Education's "Cultivating Innovation Spirit and Ability in Liberal Arts Students" project. It can serve as a mathematics textbook for liberal arts majors, a teaching experimental textbook for science and engineering majors, and a reference book for relevant technical personnel using computer software to study mathematics.