ABSTRACT

This down-to-earth introduction to computation makes use of the broad array of techniques available in the modern computing environment. A self-contained guide for engineers and other users of computational methods, it has been successfully adopted as a text in teaching the next generation of mathematicians and computer graphics majors.

chapter 0|18 pages

Mathematical Computation

chapter 1|54 pages

The Representation of Functions

chapter 2|50 pages

Interpolation

chapter 3|50 pages

Approximation and Sampling

chapter 4|46 pages

Computational Integration

chapter 5|58 pages

Series Approximations

chapter 6|22 pages

Finding the Zeros of a Function