Mathematical Principles for Scientific Computing and Visualization.

This non-traditional introduction to the mathematics of scientific computation describes the principles behind the major methods, from statistics, applied mathematics, scientific visualization, and elsewhere, in a way that is accessible to a large part of the scientific community. Introductory mater...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Farin, Gerald
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Hansford, Dianne
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : CRC Press, 2008.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front cover
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Computational Basics
  • Chapter 3. Coordinate Systems
  • Chapter 4. Background: Numerical Linear Algebra
  • Chapter 5. Solving Linear Systems
  • Chapter 6. Eigen-Problems
  • Chapter 7. Background: Numerical Calculus
  • Chapter 8. Data Fitting
  • Chapter 9. Computing Dynamic Processes
  • Chapter 10. Finding Roots
  • Chapter 11. Computing with Multivariate Functions
  • Chapter 12. Visualizing Empirical Data
  • Chapter 13. Facets
  • Chapter 14. Visualizing Scalar Values over 2D Data
  • Chapter 15. Volume Visualization
  • Chapter 16. Background: Computer Graphics
  • Bibliography
  • Back cover.