A Student's Guide to Numerical Methods
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A Student's Guide to Numerical Methods
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Written for senior undergraduates in all disciplines of physical science and engineering, the plain language style of this concise guide to numerical methods concentrates on developing computational skills and avoids potentially intimidating formal mathematical proofs. Including numerous worked examples and exercises, this textbook explains the practical realities of numerical techniques.
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A Student's Guide to Numerical Methods by Ian Hutchinson
This concise, plain-language guide for senior undergraduates and graduate students aims to develop intuition, practical skills and an understanding of the framework of numerical methods for the physical sciences and engineering. It provides accessible self-contained explanations of mathematical principles, avoiding intimidating formal proofs. Worked examples and targeted exercises enable the student to master the realities of using numerical techniques for common needs such as solution of ordinary and partial differential equations, fitting experimental data, and simulation using particle and Monte Carlo methods. Topics are carefully selected and structured to build understanding, and illustrate key principles such as: accuracy, stability, order of convergence, iterative refinement, and computational effort estimation. Enrichment sections and in-depth footnotes form a springboard to more advanced material and provide additional background. Whether used for self-study, or as the basis of an accelerated introductory class, this compact textbook provides a thorough grounding in computational physics and engineering.
Ian H. Hutchinson is a plasma physicist and Professor in the School of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he has been solving physical problems using computers for forty years. A fellow of the American Physical Society and the Institute of Physics, he has won several awards for excellence in teaching at MIT, and is the author of the definitive textbook on making measurements of plasmas, Principles of Plasma Diagnostics (Cambridge University Press, 2002).
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781107479500 |
| ISBN 10 | 1107479509 |
| Title | A Student's Guide to Numerical Methods |
| Author | Ian Hutchinson |
| Series | Student's Guides |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2015-04-30 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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