Elementary Theory and Application of Numerical Analysis

by David G. Moursund and Charles S. Duris

Book Overview

Concise, rigorous introduction to modern numerical analysis, especially error-analysis aspects of problems and algorithms discussed. The book focuses on a small number of basic concepts and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 048665754X
• ISBN13: 9780486657547
• Release Date: December 1988
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

A good text in numerical analysis

I have a better but much more expensive text First Course in Numerical Analysis (International Series in Pure & Applied Mathematics) that lacks the Fortran computer code in this book that can usually be translated to other computer languages with some effort. The recursion form for -1+Sqrt[2] that I found on page 157 can be made into a general form that will give the golden mean. The only thing better about the higher priced book is that it has more in depth coverage of numerical analysis ( graduate level). For me this book is a very welcome addition to my reference library that has taught me several things already.

This is a nice little start to numerical analysis

This is a nice little start to numerical analysis. None of the underlying real variable theory is explored in the detail. Basically, an undergraduate exposure to calculus and linear algebra is all that is required. The basic topics are covered such as integration, numerical differentiation, and interpolation. There are numerous worked out examples and the text is sprinkled with snippets of Fortran code. However, all of the material covered here is contained in Press' "Numerical Recipes in C" .