An Introduction to Numerical Computation, 2nd edition
Wen Shen, Penn State University
World Scientific Publishing Co., 2019
ISBN: 978-981-120-441-8;
Language: English
An Introduction to Numerical Computation, 2nd edition serves as a set of lecture notes for a senior undergraduate level course on the introduction to numerical computation. The book requires minimal background knowledge of calculus and matrices from the students.
The book covers many of the introductory topics for a first course in numerical computation, which fits in the short time frame of a semester course. Topics range from polynomial approximations and interpolation, to numerical methods for ODEs and PDEs. Emphasis was made more on algorithm development, basic mathematical ideas behind the algorithms, and the implementation in MATLAB.
The second edition contains a set of selected advanced topics, written in a self-contained manner, suitable for self-learning or as additional material for an honored version of the course. Videos are also available for these added topics.
The book is supplemented by two sets of companion videos available through the author's YouTube channel, some of which include MATLAB. In addition, a set of MATLAB code examples are included in the book.
