文档介绍：Guerino Mazzola · Gérard Milmeister
Jody Weissmann
Comprehensive Mathematics
puter Scientists 2
Calculus and ODEs, Splines, Probability,
Fourier and Wavelet Theory,
Fractals and works,
Categories and Lambda Calculus
With 114 Figures
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Guerino Mazzola
Gérard Milmeister
Jody Weissmann
Department of Informatics
University of Zurich
Winterthurerstr. 190
8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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