Applied numerical analysis /
Curtis F. Gerald and Patrick O. Wheatley.
- Fifth edition.
- Reading, Massachusetts : Addision-Wesley Publishing Company, c1994
- 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Numerical computing and computers -- Solving nonlinear equations -- Solving sets of equations -- Interpolation and curve fitting -- Numerical differentiation and numerical integration -- Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations -- Boundary-value problems and characteristic-value problems -- Numerical solution of partial-differential equations -- Parabolic partial-differential equations -- Hyperbolic partial-differential equations -- Approximation of functions.
A comprehensive text covering a wide range of subjects relating to applied numerical analysis. The book combines mathematical theory and numerical techniques, and this edition contains a section called theoretical matters in each chapter, allowing a better balance of theory and practice.