Elements of Scientific Computing

Science used to be experiments and theory, now it is experiments, theory and computations. The computational approach to understanding nature and technology is currently flowering in many fields such as physics, geophysics, astrophysics, chemistry, biology, and most engineering disciplines. This boo...

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Main Authors: Tveito, Aslak, Langtangen, Hans Petter (Author), Nielsen, Bjørn Frederik (Author), Cai, Xing (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2010, 2010
Edition:1st ed. 2010
Series:Texts in Computational Science and Engineering
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Science used to be experiments and theory, now it is experiments, theory and computations. The computational approach to understanding nature and technology is currently flowering in many fields such as physics, geophysics, astrophysics, chemistry, biology, and most engineering disciplines. This book is a gentle introduction to such computational methods where the techniques are explained through examples. It is our goal to teach principles and ideas that carry over from field to field. You will learn basic methods and how to implement them. In order to gain the most from this text, you will need prior knowledge of calculus, basic linear algebra and elementary programming
Physical Description:XII, 468 p. 86 illus online resource
ISBN:9783642112997