Mathematics and Technology

• Main Authors: Rousseau, Christiane (Author), Saint-Aubin, Yvan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Series: Springer Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics and Technology,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Computer science.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Game theory.; Mathematical models.; Probabilities.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Applications of Mathematics.; Computer Science, general.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.

Mathematics and Technology presents technological applications of mathematics making use of elegant mathematical concepts. The selected subjects consist of: public key cryptography, error correcting codes, the global positioning system (GPS) and cartography, image compression using fractals and the...

Table of Contents:

• Positioning on Earth and in Space
• Friezes and Mosaics
• Robotic Motion
• Skeletons and Gamma Ray Radiosurgery
• Savings and Loans
• Error Correcting Codes
• Public Key Cryptography
• Random Number Generators
• Google and the Page Rank Algorithm
• Why 44100 Samples per Second
• Image Compression Iterated Function Systems
• Image Compression The JPEG Standard
• The DNA Computer
• Calculus of Variations
• Science Flashes.