Bundle: Numerical Methods, 3rd + Student Solutions Manual

by J. Douglas Faires, Richard L. Burden

This text emphasizes the intelligent application of approximation techniques to the type of problems that commonly occur in engineering and the physical sciences. Students learn why the numerical methods work, what type of errors to expect, and when an application might lead to difficulties. The authors also provide information about the availability of high-quality software for numerical approximation routines. The techniques are essentially the same as those covered in the authors' top-selling Numerical Analysis text, but in this text, full mathematical justifications are provided only if they are concise and add to the understanding of the methods. The emphasis is placed on describing each technique from an implementation standpoint, and on convincing the student that the method is reasonable both mathematically and computationally.

Hardcover

Published November 11, 2002

About the author

Faires earned a bachelor’s degree from YSU in 1963 and returned in 1969 to join the mathematics faculty, retiring in 2006.

He received numerous honors, including five YSU Distinguished Faculty awards and an Honorary Doctor of Science from YSU. He was a driving force behind the establishment of the YSU Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics.