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Description of Numerical Mathematics and Computing

Acquainting the reader with the modern computer's potential for solving the numerical problems that arise in their careers, this text also provides them with an opportunity to hone their skills in programming and problem solving and helps them arrive at an understanding of the important subject of errors that inevitably accompany scientific computing and arms them with methods for detecting, predicting, and controlling these errors.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780534351847

Pages:

560 pages

Format:

Hardback

Product Code:

14829

Publisher:

Brooks Cole

Published:

13/02/1999

Edition:

4th Revised edition

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Contents of Numerical Mathematics and Computing

1. Introduction

2. Number Representation and Errors

3. Locating Rootsof Equations

4. Interpolation and Numerical Differentiation

5. Numerical Integration

6. Systems of Linear Equations

7. Approximation by Spline Functions

8. Ordinary Differential Equations

9. Systems of Ordinary Differential Equations

10. Smoothing of Data and The Method of Least Squares

11. Monte Carlo Methods and Simulation

12. Boundary Value Problems for Ordinary Differential Equations

13. Partial Differential Equations

14. Minimization of Multivariate Functions

15. Linear Programming

Appendix A: Linear Algebra Concepts And Notation
Answers For Selected Problems
Bibliography
Index