This comprehensive, detailed reference provides readers with both a working knowledge of Mathematica in general and a detailed knowledge of the key aspects needed to create the fastest, shortest, and most elegant implementations possible. It gives users a deeper understanding of Mathematica by instructive implementations, explanations, and examples from a range of disciplines at varying levels of complexity. The three volumes -- Programming, Graphics, and Mathematics -- each with a CD, total 3,000 pages and contain more than 15,000 Mathematica inputs, over 1,500 graphics, 4,000+ references, and more than 500 exercises.This first volume begins with the structure of Mathematica expressions, the syntax of Mathematica, its programming, graphic, numeric and symbolic capabilities. It then covers the hierarchical construction of objects out of symbolic expressions, the definition of functions, the recognition of patterns and their efficient application, program flows and program structuring, and the manipulation of lists.An indispensible resource for students, researchers and professionals in mathematics, the sciences, and engineering.

这本全面而详细的参考书为读者提供了关于 Mathematica 的一般工作知识，以及创建最快、最短、最优雅的实现所需的关键方面的详细知识。它通过指导性的实现、解释和来自一系列学科的不同复杂程度的实例，使用户对Mathematica有了更深的了解。第一卷从Mathematica表达式的结构、Mathematica的语法、其编程、图形、数字和符号功能开始。然后，它涵盖了从符号表达式中分层构建对象、函数的定义、模式的识别及其有效应用、程序流程和程序结构，以及列表的操作。对于数学、科学和工程领域的学生、研究人员和专业人士来说，这是一个不可或缺的资源。