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Derivations of Applied Mathematics
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For various valid reasons, open-source program sources rarely derive
the mathematical formulas they use.  A user, nevertheless -- not
wishing to take such formulas on faith -- might wish to see such
formulas *somewhere* derived.

Derivations of Applied Mathematics is a book that derives, and
documents, many of the mathematical formulas and methods open-source
programs use, and indeed many of the formulas and methods used in
science and engineering generally.  For example, it derives and
documents the Taylor series (used to calculate trigonometrics), the
Newton-Raphson method (used to calculate square roots), the Pythagorean
theorem (used to calculate distances) and many others.

The book's format is PDF.

Comments and questions regarding the book itself can be directed to the
author at <thb@derivations.org>.

Comments and questions regarding the book's packaging and distribution
can be directed to the packager/distributor who has supplied you the
book.  For example, if Debian has supplied you the book, then you can
contact the packager (who for this book happens to be the author
himself) at <thb@debian.org>.

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Copyright (C) 1983-2018 Thaddeus H. Black

License:

  This book, its source and all the files packaged with them are free
  software; you can redistribute them and/or modify them under the
  terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as published
  by the Free Software Foundation.

  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  along with this package; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
  USA.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.

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Thaddeus H. Black <thb@derivations.org>
Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000

