3 Solving linear systems of equations

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Contents XI
5. 1 Introduction 1
6. 2 Computer representation of numbers and roundoff error 7
7. 3 Solving linear systems of equations 20
8. 4 Finite difference methods 33
9. 5 Solving nonlinear equations 53
10. 6 Accuracy in solving linear systems 80
11. 7 Eigenvalues and eigenvectors 90
12. 8 Fitting curves to data 98
13. 9 Numerical integration 113
14. 10 Initial value ODEs 128
15. A Getting started with Octave and MATLAB 155
16. Index 169