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RECORD NUMBER: 16 OF 23| Main Title | Numerical methods that work / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Acton, Forman S., | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Harper & Row, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1970 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 00090399 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 0060401613; 9780060401610 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Numerical analysis ; Numerische Mathematik ; Numerisches Verfahren ; Analyse numérique | |||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | Numerical analysis | |||||||||||
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| Collation | xviii, 541 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-532) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | pt. I. Fundamental methods. The calculation of functions ; Roots of transcendental equations ; Interpolation : and all that! ; Quadrature ; Ordinary differential equations : initial conditions ; Ordinary differential equations : boundary conditions ; Strategy versus tactics : roots of polynomials ; Eigenvalues I ; Fourier series -- pt. II. Double trouble. The evaluation of integrals ; Power series, continued fractions and rational approximations ; Economization of approximations ; Eigenvalues II : rotational methods ; Roots of equations : again ; The care and treatment of singularities ; Instability in extrapolation ; Minimum methods ; Laplace's equation : an overview ; Network problems. |