An Introduction to Numerical Methods : a MATLAB Approach, Fourth Edition

"Previous editions of this popular textbook offered an accessible and practical introduction to numerical analysis. An Introduction to Numerical Methods: A MATLAB® Approach, Fourth Edition continues to present a wide range of useful and important algorithms for scientific and engineering applic...

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Main Authors Kharab, Abdelwahab (Author), Guenther, Ronald B. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2018.
EditionFourth edition.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781315107042
131510704X
9781351605922
1351605925
9781351605915
1351605917
9781351605908
1351605909
9781523120475
1523120479
9781138093072
1138093076
Physical Description1 online resource : text file, PDF

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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; 1: Introduction; 1.1 ABOUT MATLAB and MATLAB GUI (Graphical User Interface); 1.2 AN INTRODUCTION TO MATLAB; 1.2.1 Matrices and matrix computation; 1.2.2 Polynomials; 1.2.3 Output format; 1.2.4 Planar plots; 1.2.5 3-D mesh plots; 1.2.6 Function files; 1.2.7 Defining functions; 1.2.8 Relations and loops; 1.3 TAYLOR SERIES; 2: Number System and Errors; 2.1 FLOATING-POINT ARITHMETIC; 2.2 ROUND-OFF ERRORS; 2.3 TRUNCATION ERROR; 2.4 INTERVAL ARITHMETIC; 3: Roots of Equations; 3.1 THE BISECTION METHOD.
  • 3.2 FIXED POINT ITERATION3.3 THE SECANT METHOD; 3.4 NEWTON'S METHOD; 3.5 CONVERGENCE OF THE NEWTON AND SECANT METHODS; 3.6 MULTIPLE ROOTS AND THE MODIFIED NEWTON METHOD; 3.7 NEWTON'S METHOD FOR NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; APPLIED PROBLEMS; 4: System of Linear Equations; 4.1 MATRICES AND MATRIX OPERATIONS; 4.2 NAIVE GAUSSIAN ELIMINATION; 4.3 GAUSSIAN ELIMINATION WITH SCALED PARTIAL PIVOTING; 4.4 LU DECOMPOSITION; 4.4.1 Crout's and Cholesky's methods; 4.4.2 Gaussian elimination method; 4.5 ITERATIVE METHODS; 4.5.1 Jacobi iterative method; 4.5.2 Gauss-Seidel iterative method; 4.5.3 Convergence.
  • APPLIED PROBLEMS5: Interpolation; 5.1 POLYNOMIAL INTERPOLATION THEORY; 5.2 NEWTON'S DIVIDED-DIFFERENCE INTERPOLATING POLYNOMIAL; 5.3 THE ERROR OF THE INTERPOLATING POLYNOMIAL; 5.4 LAGRANGE INTERPOLATING POLYNOMIAL; APPLIED PROBLEMS; 6: Interpolation with Spline Functions; 6.1 PIECEWISE LINEAR INTERPOLATION; 6.2 QUADRATIC SPLINE; 6.3 NATURAL CUBIC SPLINES; APPLIED PROBLEMS; 7: The Method of Least-Squares; 7.1 LINEAR LEAST-SQUARES; 7.2 LEAST-SQUARES POLYNOMIAL; 7.3 NONLINEAR LEAST-SQUARES; 7.3.1 Exponential form; 7.3.2 Hyperbolic form; APPLIED PROBLEMS; 8: Numerical Optimization.
  • 8.1 ANALYSIS OF SINGLE-VARIABLE FUNCTIONS8.2 LINE SEARCH METHODS; 8.2.1 Newton's method; 8.2.2 Golden section search; 8.2.3 Fibonacci Search; 8.2.4 Parabolic Interpolation; 8.3 MINIMIZATION USING DERIVATIVES; 8.3.1 Newton's method; 8.3.2 Newton's method; APPLIED PROBLEMS; 9: Numerical Differentiation; 9.1 NUMERICAL DIFFERENTIATION; 9.2 RICHARDSON'S FORMULA; APPLIED PROBLEMS; 10: Numerical Integration; 10.1 TRANPEZOIDAL RULE; 10.2 SIMPSON'S RULE; 10.3 ROMBERG ALGORITHM; 10.4 GAUSSIAN QUADRATURE; APPLED PROBLEMS; 11: Numerical Methods for Linear Integral Equations; 11.1 INTRODUCTION.
  • 11.2 QUADRATURE RULES11.2.1 Trapezoidal rule; 11.2.2 The Gauss-Nyström method; 11.3 THE SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION METHOD; 11.4 SCHMIDT's METHOD; 11.5 VOLTERRA-TYPE INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; 11.5.1 Euler's method; 11.5.2 Heun's method; APPLED PROBLEMS; 12: Numerical Methods for Differential Equations; 12.1 EULER'S METHOD; 12.2 ERROR ANALYSIS; 12.3 HIGHER-ORDER TAYLOR SERIES METHODS; 12.4 RUNGE-KUTTA METHODS; 12.5 MULTISTEP METHODS; 12.6 ADAMS-BASHFORTH METHODS; 12.7 PREDICTOR-CORRECTOR METHODS; 12.8 ADAMS-MOULTION; 12.9 NUMERICAL STABILITY.