Numerical Mathematics A Laboratory Approach [Hardcover]

Numerical Mathematics is a unique textbook that introduces computational microcomputer laboratories as a vehicle for teaching algorithmic aspects of mathematics.Numerical Mathematics is a unique book that introduces computational microcomputer laboratories as a vehicle for teaching algorithmic aspects of mathematics. This is achieved through a sequence of laboratory assignments, presupposing no previous knowledge of calculus or linear algebra, where the chalk- and-talk lecturer turns into a laboratory istructor. The computational assignments cover iterative processes, area approximations, linear systems, convergence acceleration, interpolative approximations, and construction of computer-library functions. The material is part and parcel of the mathematical foundations that should be acquired by a college student in the microcomputer era.Numerical Mathematics is a unique book that introduces computational microcomputer laboratories as a vehicle for teaching algorithmic aspects of mathematics. This is achieved through a sequence of laboratory assignments, presupposing no previous knowledge of calculus or linear algebra, where the chalk- and-talk lecturer turns into a laboratory istructor. The computational assignments cover iterative processes, area approximations, linear systems, convergence acceleration, interpolative approximations, and construction of computer-library functions. The material is part and parcel of the mathematical foundations that should be acquired by a college student in the microcomputer era.Numerical Mathematics is a unique book that presents rudimentary numerical mathematics in conjunction with computational laboratory assignments. No previous knowledge of calculus or linear algebra is presupposed, and thus the book is tailor-made for undergraduate students, as well as prospective mathematics teachers. The material in the book emphasizes algorithmic aspects of mathematics, which are made viable through numerical assignments, in which thl#1