Computing for numerical methods using Visual C++ /

Salleh (Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia) and others offer a wonderful, practical treatment of how to realize numerical methods in software for simulation and visualization in this book. The choice of Microsoft Visual C++ allows use of the conveniences of the Windows platform (such as graphics libraries) for creating visualizations, and for having fine control over the data being manipulated. C++ tends to be a bit complex in its own right. Perhaps Visual Basic would appeal to more people at a lower level of programming sophistication. Nevertheless, the book has a rich set of examples and good coverage of numerical methods taught through the 400 (upper-undergraduate) level. As such, this is a work that can live with students of mathematics throughout their undergraduate educational progression from lower- to upper-division undergraduate courses. The clarity of the book is excellent. Includes programming exercises at the end of most of the 13 chapters and a detailed index. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduate through professional applied mathematics and computer science collections. F. H. Wild III University of Rhode Island