F# for Scientists

Developed In Consultation With Don Syme Of Microsoft Research Ltd. - Who Wrote The Language - F♯ For Scientists Explains And Demonstrates The Powerful Features Of This Important New Programming Language. The Book Assumes No Prior Experience And Guides The Reader From The Basics Of Computer Programming To The Implementation Of State-of-the-art Algorithms. This Book Is Well Suited For Researchers, Scientists, And Developers Who Want To Program Under The Windows Platform. It Also Serves As An Ideal Supplemental Text For Advanced Undergraduate And Graduate Students With A Background In Science Or Engineering.--book Jacket. Introduction. Programming Guidelines -- A Brief History Of F# -- Benefits Of F# -- Introducing F# -- Imperative Programming -- Functional Programming -- Program Structure. Nesting -- Factoring -- Modules. Objects -- Functional Design Patterns -- F# Development -- Data Structures. Algorithmic Complexity -- Arrays -- Lists -- Sets -- Hash Tables -- Maps -- Choosing A Data Structure -- Sequences -- Heterogeneous Containers -- Trees -- Numerical Analysis. Number -- Algebra --interpolation -- Quadratic Solutions -- Mean And Variance -- Other Forms Of Arithmetic -- Input And Output. Printing -- Generic Printing -- Reading From And Writing To Files -- Serialization -- Lexing And Parsing -- Simple Examples. Functional -- Numerical -- String Related -- List Related -- Array Related -- Higher Order Functions -- Visualization. Windows Forms -- Managed Directx -- Tesselating Objects Into Triangles -- Optimization. Timing -- Profiling -- Algorithmic Optimizations -- Lower Level Optimizations -- Libraries. Loading .net Libraries -- Charting And Graphing -- Threads -- Random Numbers -- Regular Expressions -- Vectors And Matrices -- Downloading From The Web -- Compression -- Handling Xml -- Calling Native Libraries -- Fourier Transform -- Metaprogramming -- Databases. Protein Data Bank -- Web Services -- Relational Databases -- Interoperability. Excel Interoperability -- Matlab Interoperability -- Mathematica Interoperability -- Complete Examples. Fast Fourier Transform -- Semicircle Law -- Finding Nth Nearest Neighbors -- Logistic Map -- Real Time Particle Dynamics -- Appendix A: Troubleshooting. Jon Harrop ; Foreword By Don Syme. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 325-327) And Index.