471 Numerical Methods I

Fall 1998

Instructor: Greg Fasshauer

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Additional Sources of Information

• (Numerical) Mathematics
  • Netlib, a collection of mathematical software, papers, and databases
  • Guide to Available Mathematical Software
  • Numerical Recipes, a series of books with code for Numerical Methods
  • "The definition of numerical analysis," (Postscript file) by L. N. Trefethen (Oxford University), appeared in SIAM News, Nov. 1992, reprinted in Bulletin of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, March/April, 1993.
  • Understanding Mathematics: A Study Guide by Peter Alfeld (University of Utah)
  
  
• Maple (and alternatives)
  • Official Maple Site
  • MuPad, an inexpensive (FREE) alternative to Maple
  • A brief guide to Maple (Introductory chapter of Maple Calculus book by James A. Carlson and Jennifer M. Johnson, University of Utah)
  • A Maple Tutorial (Los Alamos Nat. Lab)
  • NCSU Maple Page
  • Alexander Walz's Maple page (in German & English)
  • A List of Maple sites from MIT
  • Maple Info at UT Austin
  
  
• Matlab
  • Official Matlab Site
  • Octave, an inexpensive (FREE) alternative to Matlab