Numerical Methods

Summary: 1. Introductory Topics. 2. The Taylor Series. 3. The Finite Difference Calculus. 4. Interpolation and Extrapolation. 5. Roots of Equations. 6. The Solution of Simultaneous Linear Algebraic Equations and Matrix Inversion. 7. Least-Squares Curve Fitting and Functional Approximation. 8. Numerical Integration. 9. The Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations. 10. Matrix Eigenvalue Problems. 11. Introduction t...o Partial Differential Equations. Appendix. References. Answers to Problems. Index. [read more]