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Designed to help people solve numerical problems on small computers, this book's main subject areas are numerical linear algebra, function minimization and root-finding. This edition has been revised and updated, the main difference being that the algorithms are presented in Turbo Pascal.
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COMPACT NUMERICAL METHODS FOR COMPUTERS linear algebra and function minimisation Second Edition J C NASH Adam Hilger, Bristol and New York Copyright © 1979, 1990 J C Nash All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Multiple copying is only permitted under the terms of the agreement between the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals and the Copyright Licensing Agency. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Nash, J. C. Compact numerical methods for computers: linear algebra and function minimisation - 2nd ed. 1!. Numerical analysis. Applications of microcomputer & minicomputer systems. Algorithms I. Title 519.4 ISBN ISBN ISBN ISBN 0-85274-318-1 0-85274-319-X (pbk) 0-7503-0036-1 (5¼" IBM disc) 0-7503-0043-4 (3½" IBM disc) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data are available First published, 1979 Reprinted, 1980 Second edition, 1990 Published under the Adam Hilger imprint by IOP Publishing Ltd Techno House, Redcliffe Way, Bristol BSl 6NX, England 335 East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017-3483, USA Filmset by Bath Typesetting Ltd, Bath, Avon Printed in Great Britain by Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd CONTENTS ix xi Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition 1. A STARTING POINT 1.1. Purpose and scope 1.2. Machine characteristics 1.3. Sources of programs 1.4. Programming languages used