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Computing : a historical and technical perspective / Yoshihide Igarashi, Gunma University, Kiryu, Japan, Tom Altman, University of Colorado Denver, USA, Mariko Funada, Hakuoh University, Oyama, Japan, Barbara Kamiyama, Gumma University, Kiryu, Japan.
Author:
Igarashi, Yoshihide.
Imprint:Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2014]
Descriptionxviii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note:The dawn of counting -- Representation of numbers -- Rational and irrational numbers -- Prime numbers -- Euclid's elements -- Diophantus of Alexandria and the Arithmetica -- Secret writing in ancient civilization -- The abacus -- Book of calculation by Fibonacci -- Decimal fractions and logarithms -- Calculating machines -- Solutions to algebraic equations -- Real and complex numbers -- Cardinality -- Boolean algebras and applications -- Computability and its limitations -- Cryptography from the medieval to the modern ages -- Electronic computers -- Numerical methods -- Modular arithmetic -- Cybernetics and information theory -- Error detecting and correcting codes -- Automata and formal languages -- Artificial intelligence -- Programming languages -- Algorithms and computational complexity -- The design of computer algorithms -- Parallel and distributed computing -- Computer networks -- Public-key cryptography -- Quantum computing.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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