Numerical computation methods

Author: Huang Mingyou
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book aims to introduce practical computational methods for some fundamental mathematical problems in scientific and engineering computing. The main contents include: direct and iterative methods for solving systems of linear algebraic equations, calculation of matrix eigenvalues and eigenvectors, computational methods for nonlinear systems of equations and optimization problems, function interpolation and curve fitting methods, numerical integration, fast algorithms for discrete Fourier transform, numerical integration methods for initial value problems of ordinary differential equations, and finite difference and finite element methods for solving partial differential equations. This book can be used as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in science and engineering majors taking courses on numerical computation methods, or as a reference book for scientific and engineering technicians learning and applying scientific computing methods.