Numerical Mathematics and Computing | 
 enlarge | Authors: E. Ward Cheney, David R. Kincaid
Publisher: Brooks Cole
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 815614
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 6
Pages: 784
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.5 x 1.4
ISBN: 0495114758
Dewey Decimal Number: 518
EAN: 9780495114758
Publication Date: August 3, 2007
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Authors Ward Cheney and David Kincaid show students of science and engineering the potential computers have for solving numerical problems and give them ample opportunities to hone their skills in programming and problem solving. The text also helps students learn about errors that inevitably accompany scientific computations and arms them with methods for detecting, predicting, and controlling these errors. A more theoretical text with a different menu of topics is the authors' highly regarded NUMERICAL ANALYSIS: MATHEMATICS OF SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING, THIRD EDITION.
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 Best numerical analysis textbook August 1, 2007
C. Kazanci (beton)
In my opinion, this is the best numerical analysis textbook.
Rather than trying to teach and explain everything to the student in detail, it complements the instructor. The idea is that the students learn in class, and use the text book as a reference, and for homeworks. This is a great idea. Unfortunately pretty much all Calculus books try to teach Calculus, but for a regular student, math is very hard to learn from a text-book... A nice instructor, and a clean presentation is a must. I teach the material I see important, the way it makes sense to me. What I need is a book that complements me, not replaces me.
 Reader from Belgium compares to the wrong book February 9, 2000
Dirk Laurie (Vanderbijlpark, South Africa)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
The description "it looks like they cut the 2nd edition in half and labeled it '4th edition'" would be approximately correct if you talk about the 2nd edition of the much more advanced text by approximately the same authors, "Numerical Analysis: Mathematics of Scientific Computing" by Kincaid, Cheney and Cheney, which was published in 1995 and does conform to the description "covered so much in detail". If you expect graduate level coverage, that is the book to get, not this one, which is an undergraduate text, and aimed at students that don't major in math.
Basic but Good February 12, 2002
Hrafn (Denver, CO)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a good, basic, undergraduate text covering scientific computing. It gives a nice, broad overview of some basic topics, problems for the student to solve, and is generic as far as programming languages are concerned.That being said, for my use this book was not detailed enough and failed to go into sufficient detail into many different areas (such as the eigenproblem). It is definantly an undergrad text and would be an excellent choice for a 300-level math or computer science class, it also provides a good general background in numerical computing. In that regard this book is a fine choice.
A concise text for introductory numerical analysis January 15, 2000
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
I am a mathematics professor at a liberal art college. This is one of the few textbooks that is suitable for our students who are mathematics majors or related sciences majors. The approach is mathematical and computer science oriented, rather than cookbook type or overwhemingly applied. I and my colleages use this text and recommend it.
 NOT Recommended April 7, 2006
JonD (USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I was a teaching assistant for an introductory numerical mathematics course which used this text. It's a satisfactory text (nothing special) if you already have a basis in numerical analysis, however students which have no foundation struggle severely.
The problem stems from the fact that the authors, Kincaid and Cheney, first wrote a graduate level numerical analysis text and then they created this text based on the content from the first book. Needless to say, this "introductory" text makes several [invalid] assumptions about the introductory student's abilities.
It's frustrating to see students struggle because numerical analysis is really not that difficult -- but they have to be taught the procedures clearly. This text does not have enough example problems and the ones they included do not describe the steps thoroughly or the logic behind performing them. The text does include a large quantity of homework problems, but the selected answers in the back of the book provide only answers and no explanation of how the answer was arrived at.
Anyways, if you're still going to buy this book its probably becausre you're a student. Hang in there. It's really not that hard but seek help from other textbooks if needed.
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