Scientific Computing : An Introductory Survey
Michael T. Heath
University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
This book presents a broad overview of numerical methods and software for students and
professionals in computationally oriented disciplines who need to solve mathematical problems.
It is not a traditional numerical analysis text in that it contains relatively little
detailed analysis of the computational algorithms presented. Instead, I try to convey a general
understanding of the techniques available for solving problems i
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