Scientific Computing and Differential Equations: An Introduction to Numerical Methods / Edition 1

by Gene H. Golub, James M. Ortega

Overview

Scientific Computing and Differential Equations: An Introduction to Numerical Methods, is an excellent complement to Introduction to Numerical Methods by Ortega and Poole. The book emphasizes the importance of solving differential equations on a computer, which comprises a large part of what has come to be called scientific computing. It reviews modern scientific computing, outlines its applications, and places the subject in a larger context.This book is appropriate for upper undergraduate courses in mathematics, electrical engineering, and computer science; it is also well-suited to serve as a textbook for numerical differential equations courses at the graduate level.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780122892554
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	09/16/1991
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

The World of Scientific Computing. Letting It Fly. Initial Value Problems. Pinning It Down: Boundary Value Problems. More on Linear Systems of Equations. Life Is Really Nonlinear. Is There More Than Finite Differences? N Important Numbers. Space and Time. The Curse of Dimensionality. Appendixes: Analysis of Differential Equations. Linear Algebra. Bibliography. Index.

Editorial Reviews

A textbook for a first graduate course in numerical methods--a semester or a year, depending on the students' depth of background in calculus, computer programming and differential equations, and linear algebra. A revision of Ortega and Poole's Introduction to numerical methods for differential equations (1981). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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