Guide to scientific computing.

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Authors Peter R. Turner

Publication date 15 April 2002

zbMATH Keywords

arithemticbisectionCholesky factorizationdifference schemesfloating pointGaussian eliminationGram-Schmidt processHouseholder transformationLU factorizationMATLAB routinesmultistep methodsNewton's methodnumerical differentiationnumerical integrationone-step methodspolynomial interpolationQR factorizationquadraturescientific computingshooting methodspline interpolationsystems of linear equationssystems of nonlinear equationstextbook

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to numerical analysis (65-01) Numerical approximation and computational geometry (primarily algorithms) (65Dxx) Numerical linear algebra (65Fxx) Roundoff error (65G50) Nonlinear algebraic or transcendental equations (65Hxx) Numerical optimization and variational techniques (65K10) Numerical methods for ordinary differential equations (65Lxx)

Review text

This textbook gives an introduction to a wide class of problems in scientific computing. It includes seven chapters with the following titles: NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE(1) Number representations and errors. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE(2) Iterative solution of equations.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE(3) Approximate evaluations of functions.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE(4) Interpolation.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE(5) Numerical calculus.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE(6) Differential equations and NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE(7) Linear equations. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEHere are some details. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEIn Chapter 1 floating point computer arithmetic is considered, and in Chapter 2 the bisection method, the secant method and Newton's method for the numerical solution of nonlinear equations are treated. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEIn Chapter 3 the approximate evaluation of infinite series is considered, and Chapter 4 is devoted to polynomial and spline interpolation. In Chapter 5 numerical integration, numerical differentiation as well as minimization problems for functions of one variable are considered, and Chapter 6 is devoted to initial- and boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEFinally, Chapter 7 contains sections on the Gaussian elimination, Jacobi- and Gauss-Seidel iteration, the LU decomposition and eigenvalue problems. Additionally, for each considered topic some MATLAB routines are introduced. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThis textbook addresses to students taking a first course on that topic. It is not the intention to treat the considered topics in a detailed and rigorous manner but the basic ideas are always presented. The presentation is clear and lively, and many examples, figures, exercises and hints for their solution are included.

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• Matlab

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