Numerical methods in scientific computing /

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Author / Creator:Dahlquist, Germund.
Imprint:Philadelphia : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2008-
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12577241
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Other authors / contributors:Björck, Åke, 1934-
ISBN:9780898716443
0898716446
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:This work addresses the increasingly important role of numerical methods in science and engineering. It combines traditional and well-developed topics with other material such as interval arithmetic, elementary functions, operator series, convergence acceleration, and continued fractions.
Table of Contents:
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • List of conventions
  • Preface
  • 1. Principles of numerical calculations
  • 2. How to obtain and estimate accuracy
  • 3. Series, operators and continued fractions
  • 4. Interpolation and approximation
  • 5. Numerical integration
  • 6. Solving scalar nonlinear equations
  • Bibliography
  • Index; Online
  • Appendix A. Introduction to matrix computations; Online
  • Appendix B. A MATLAB multiple precision package; Online
  • Appendix C. Guide to literature