5/12 can someone reccomend a numerical analysis text? i never took numerical
analysis as an undergrad, and i need to solve some heat transfer
equations numerically. something that is readable and also a good
reference would be great. thanks.
\_ A common one is "Burden and Faires". There is another equally
common one I have forgotten but will remember.
\_ Burden and Faires is the one we used when I TA'd 128a. It may
be too basic for your needs, and I thought it wasn't a very
good book in any case. Have you checked Numerical Recipes in C?
Again, I don't know if it will have anything that applies to
your specific problem, but is a good reference for lots of
different things: http://lib-www.lanl.gov/numerical/bookcpdf.html
\_ There are some errors in NRi* books. Caveat Emptor.
\_ Are you sure? I was under the impression that they had
improved in the 2nd editions. Granted, much of the
research in them is behind the times.
\_ that's very helpful. thanks! -op
\_ Be careful. The license for the NR* books is incredibly
restrictive.
\_ afaik, there are no particularly great num analysis texts out there,
or not in english anyway. burden & faires is okay, but has quite
a few errors, some in algorithm pseudocode, which can be
particularly annoying. just something to keep in mind.
\_ Numerical Recipes in Fortran, Pascal, C, C++, Cobol^H^H^H^H^H
\_ Fire up Mathematica and plug it in. |
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