Landau said:Isn't that a little late to ask? Personally I think it is too verbose, but the explanations are pretty clear in general. Not that hard.
Shackleford said:What about Matlab? Will I have any problem with that?
vociferous said:If you have ever done any programming before (especially structured programming), you should be fine.
If you have not, you should still be fine; you just might have to spend some extra time learning the basics of coding.
Shackleford said:I know a little bit of HTML. lol. But that's coding not programming.
vociferous said:I would not worry too much about it. Since it is a math class, they are probably not going to get too deep into programming using Matlab, just teach you the basics.
Landau said:Isn't that a little late to ask?
Shackleford said:Why would it be too late? This the only DE class offered this semester and I have to take it this semester to graduate on my timetable. I'm just wondering if it's a good book or not. That's all.
I thought it was a bit odd to ask whether a book is good if you already own it, because you can look for yourself, and because you'll have to use it anyway. But I understand it can be interesting to hear other opinions.n!kofeyn said:I think you jumped the gun a little bit, as Shackleford explained. It was pretty clear that the book was for a course.
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