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Thwart the Gremlins in Real Computing! by Acton, Forman
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9780691036632
- Subject Area
- Mathematics, Computers
- Publication Name
- Real Computing Made Real : Error Prevention in Scientific Calculations
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Numerical Analysis, General
- Publication Year
- 1995
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Item Weight
- 21 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691036632
ISBN-13
9780691036632
eBay Product ID (ePID)
652657
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Publication Name
Real Computing Made Real : Error Prevention in Scientific Calculations
Language
English
Publication Year
1995
Subject
Numerical Analysis, General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Mathematics, Computers
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
21 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
95-010606
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
519.4/0285/51
Synopsis
For those engineers and scientists who use computers to solve their problems only to discover new, subtle problems in their results, this book is a welcome quick guide to trouble-shooting. Offering practical advice on detecting and removing the insidious bugs that plague finite-precision calculations, real Computing outlines techniques for preserving significant figures, avoiding extraneous solutions (those ridiculous "answers" that turn up all too often), and finding efficient iterative processes for solving nonlinear equations. Anyone who computes with real numbers (for example, floating-point numbers stored with limited precision) tends to pick up a few computing "tricks"--techniques that increase the frequency of useful answers. But where there might be ample guidance for a computor grappling with linear problems, there is little help for someone negotiating the nonlinear world--and it is this need that Forman Acton addresses. His book presents a wealth of examples and exercises (with answers) to help a reader develop problemformulating skills--thus learning to avoid the common pitfalls that software packages seldom detect. It presumes some experience with standard numerical methods--but for beginners in real computing, it will lend a touch of realism to topics often slighted in introductory texts.
LC Classification Number
QA275.A25 1996
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