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Numerical methods that work

Title
Numerical methods that work / Forman S. Acton.
Author
Acton, Forman S.
Publication
New York : Harper & Row, [1970]

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Description
xviii, 541 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
Subject
  • Numerical analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematics
  • Numerical analysis
  • Numerische Mathematik
  • Numerisches Verfahren
  • Analyse numérique
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 529-532.
Contents
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.
ISBN
  • 0060401613
  • 9780060401610
LCCN
73103132
OCLC
  • ocm00090399
  • 90399
  • SCSB-62376
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library