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Numerical mathematics and computing / Ward Cheney, David Kincaid.

By: Cheney, E. W. (Elliott Ward), 1929- [author].
Contributor(s): Kincaid, David (David Ronald) [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookCalifornia : Brooks/Cole, [1985] ©1985Edition: Second edition.Description: xiii, 562 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0534043569 .Subject(s): Numerical analysis -- Data processing | FORTRAN (Computer program language)DDC classification: 518
Contents:
Introduction -- Number representation and errors -- Locating roots of equations -- Interpolation and numerical differentiation -- Numerical integration -- Systems of linear equations -- Approximation by spline functions -- Ordinary differential equations -- Monte Carlo methods and simulation -- Smoothing of data and the method of least squares -- Systems of ordinary differential equations -- Boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations -- Partial differential equations -- The minimization of multivariate functions -- Linear programming.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 554-556) and index.

Introduction -- Number representation and errors -- Locating roots of equations -- Interpolation and numerical differentiation -- Numerical integration -- Systems of linear equations -- Approximation by spline functions -- Ordinary differential equations -- Monte Carlo methods and simulation -- Smoothing of data and the method of least squares -- Systems of ordinary differential equations -- Boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations -- Partial differential equations -- The minimization of multivariate functions -- Linear programming.