1. Introduction

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents ix
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. Computer representation of numbers and roundoff error 7
6. 3. Solving linear systems of equations 17
7. 4. Finite difference methods 28
8. 5. Solving nonlinear equations 46
9. 6. Accuracy in solving linear systems 61
10. 7. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors 69
11. 8. Fitting curves to data 77
12. 9. Numerical integration 91
13. 10. Initial value ODEs 104
14. A. Getting started with Octave and MATLAB 123