Errata for Programming in Mathematica, third edition

First Printing, December 1996

Page xiii
Paragraph beginning Chapter 5 looks:
definition,s should be definitions,
Page 10
First paragraph of Section 1.2.3:
BeginPackage["CartMap`"] should be BeginPackage["CartesianMap`"]
Page 20
Comment left of In[2], 4th line:
For smoother curves, we use a higher value of
Page 58
Various missing characters in myproject`Package` (three times near middle of page).
Page 59
More missing characters:
First line: Graphics`Shapes`
First paragraph after In[2]: ContextToFileName
Display: MakeMaster["myproject"]
two lines further down: <<myproject`.
Page 63
Comment left of In[4], bottom of page:
list of to elements should be list of two elements
Page 100
Various missing characters in Equations (4.4-1),in the two equations in 4.4.4.1 and the related text around these equations.
Here is a PostScript file with a good version of page 100.
Page 109
First line:
Input line 4 should be Input line 3
First paragraph:
{1, 2, } should be {1, 2, 3} (occurs twice)
Page 171
Equation 6.2-4:
sin(nx) = n cosn-1x sin x - ...
Page 179
First line:
h[x_, h_] should be h[x_, y_]
Page 274
More missing characters in first paragraph:
du, Automatic, dv
Page 275
Comment left of In[4], first line:
to built-in should be the built-in
Page 295
First line of Listing 11.2-2:
"[SkeletonIndicator]" should be "\[SkeletonIndicator]"
Pages 317 and 318
Various missing characters in Equations (12.2-1) and (12.2-2) and in the surrounding text.
Here is a PostScript file with a good version of pages 317+318.

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