内容简介
Noappliedmathematiciancanbeproperlytrainedwithoutsomebasicunderstandingofnumericalmethods,i.e.,numericalanalysis.Andnoscientistandengineershouldbeusingapackageprogramfornumericalcomputationswithoutunderstandingtheprogram'spurposeanditslimitations.Thisbookisanattempttoprovidesomeoftherequiredknowledgeandunderstanding.Itiswritteninaspiritthatconsidersnumericalanalysisnotmerelyasatoolfersolvingappliedproblemsbutalsoasachallengingandrewardingpartofmathematics.Themaingoalistoprovideinsightintonumericalanalysisratherthanmerelytoprovidenumericalrecipes.