Web Resources for PHYCS 498CQM
Basic Numerical Analysis
Books
- J. Thijssen, Computational Physics, Cambridge Press
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Source codes)
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S.E. Koonin and D.C. Meredith: Computational Physics, Addison-Wesley
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W.H. Press, B.P. Flannery, S.A Teukolsky, and W.T. Vetterling: Numerical
Recipes, The Art of Scientific Computing, Cambridge University
Press
The Cookbook for most numerical tasks. Either strongly loved or hated.
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J. Stoer and R. Bulirsch: Introduction to Numerical Analysis, Springer
A solid mathematical introduction.
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G.W. Stewart: Afternotes on Numerical analysis, Society for Industrial
and Applied Mathematics
This text is more applied and intuitive. Perfect reading for physicists.
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M. Abramowitz and I. Stegun: Handbook of Mathematical Functions,
National Bureau of Standards, Washington (reprinted by Dover Publications)
Reference on special functions.
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ComputerScience Education
Program
Nice introducions to using computer science tools, selected methods
of numerical analysis, and some applications.
Computing Tutorials
Numerical Libraries
Computational Physics
Supercomputer Centers
Finally, a pledge for safer computing: Two
disasters caused by computer arithmetic errors
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