1 Table of Contents: “... algorithms and software packages -- History and biography -- Miscellanea -- Part II Reprints -- Linear...”

2 Table of Contents: “...Preface -- Part I Walter Gautschi -- Biography of Walter Gautschi -- A brief summary of my...”

3 Table of Contents: “...Preface -- Biography of Cholesky -- Cholesky's family -- On topography -- The method of Cholesky...”

4 “.... Biographies of other scholars encountered have also been included. An important branch of mathematics...”

5 “... influential papers and includes commentaries by leading experts. The work begins with a detailed biographical...”