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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Bibliographic Details
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
Table of Contents:
  • Computing Integrals.- Differential Equations: The First Steps
  • Systems of Ordinary Differential Equations
  • Nonlinear Algebraic Equations.- The Method of Least Squares.- About Scientific Software
  • The Diffusion Equation
  • Analysis of the Diffusion Equation
  • Parameter Estimation and Inverse Problems. - A Glimpse of Parallel Computing
  • Index