A Short Introduction to Numerical Analysis

This short book sets out the principles of the methods commonly employed in obtaining numerical solutions to mathematical equations.

M. V. Wilkes (Author)

9780521094122, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 December 1966

84 pages
21 x 15 x 0.5 cm, 0.1 kg

This short book sets out the principles of the methods commonly employed in obtaining numerical solutions to mathematical equations and shows how they are applied in solving particular types of equations. Now that computing facilities are available to most universities, scientific and engineering laboratories and design shops, an introduction to numerical method is an essential part of the training of scientists and engineers. A course on the lines of Professor Wilkes's book is given to graduate or undergraduate students of mathematics, the physical sciences and engineering at many universities and the number will increase. By concentrating on the essentials of his subject and giving it a modern slant, Professor Wilkes has written a book that is both concise and that covers the needs of a great many users of digital computers; it will serve also as a sound introduction for those who need to consult more detailed works.

Preface
1. The role of numerical analysis in science and engineering
2. Iteration
3. Interpolation
4. Numerical integration and differentiation
5. Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations
6. Problems reducible to simultaneous equations
7. Solution of linear algebraic equations
Index.

Subject Areas: Numerical analysis [PBKS]