An introduction to numerical methods and analysis

Praise for the First Edition "". . . outstandingly appealing with regard to its style, contents, considerations of requirements of practice, choice of examples, and exercises.""-Zentrablatt Math "". . . carefully structured with many detailed worked examples . . .""-The Mathematical Gazette "". . . an up-to-date and user-friendly account . . .""-Mathematika An Introduction to Numerical Methods and Analysis addresses the mathematics underlying approximation and scientific computing and successfully explains where approximation methods come from, why they sometimes work (or d