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Thwart the Gremlins in Real Computing! by Acton, Forman

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Binding
Hardcover
Weight
1 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
Yes
ISBN
9780691036632
Subject Area
Computers, Mathematics
Publication Name
Real Computing Made Real : Error Prevention in Scientific Calculations
Item Length
9 in
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Subject
Numerical Analysis, General
Publication Year
1995
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.9 in
Author
Forman S. Acton
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
21 Oz
Number of Pages
240 Pages

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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.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691036632
ISBN-13
9780691036632
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features

Author
Forman S. Acton
Publication Name
Real Computing Made Real : Error Prevention in Scientific Calculations
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Numerical Analysis, General
Publication Year
1995
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Computers, Mathematics
Number of Pages
240 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
21 Oz

Additional Product Features

LCCN
95-010606
Lc Classification Number
Qa275.A25 1996
Copyright Date
1995
Target Audience
College Audience
Dewey Decimal
519.4/0285/51
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes

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