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From the back cover: "Numerical analysis is a subject of extreme interest to mathematicians and computer scientists, who will welcome this first inexpensive paperback edition of a groundbreaking classic text on the subject.
"In an introductory chapter on numerical methods and their relevance to computing, well-known mathematician Richard Hamming ("the Hamming code," "the Hamming distance," and "Hamming window," etc.), suggests that the purpose of computing is insight, not merely numbers. In that connection he outlines five main ideas that aim at producing meaningful numbers that will be read and used, but will also lead to greater understanding of how the choice of a particular formula or algorithm influences not only the computing but our understanding of the results obtained.
"The five main ideas involve
- insuring that in computing there is an intimate connection between the source of the problem and the usability of the answers
- avoiding isolated formulas and algorithms in favor of a systematic study of alternative ways of doing the problem
- avoidance of roundoff
- overcoming the problem of truncation error
- insuring the stability of a feedback system."
BRIEF CONTENTS
- Preface
- I. Fundamentals and Algorithms
- II. Polynomial Approximation—Classical Theory
- III. Fourier Approximation—Modern Theory
- IV. Exponential Approximation
- V. Miscellaneous
- Index
Additional information: "Highly regarded by experts in the field, this is a book with unlimited applications for undergraduate and graduate students of mathematics, science and engineering. Professionals and researchers will find it a valuable reference they will turn to again and again."
From the publisher: "This Dover edition, first published in 1986, is an unabridged republication of the second edition (1973) of the work first published by McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, in 1962."
