Special Volume: Foundations of Computational Mathematics: Volume 11
Volume 11
Published on 30. May 2003
Book
Hardback
536 pages
978-0-444-51247-5 (ISBN)
Description
From geometric integration and its applications, and linear programming and condition numbers under the real number computational model, to chaos in finite difference schemes, these essays explore the foundational issues of computational mathematics.
Reviews / Votes
"...A clear and detailed overview of the concepts, methods and problems encountered using numerical path following." -- Newsletter on Computational and Applied Mathematics"...this is an immensely thorough text, densely filled..." -- Ultramiscroscopy
".....the volume would be a delight to the mathematically-oriented readers..." --Karmeshu and S Balasundaram, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 177 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
993 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-444-51247-5 (9780444512475)
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Person
Philippe G. Ciarlet began his academic career at the Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, in 1974, and moved to the City University of Hong Kong in 2002. He is a member of eight academies, including the French Academy of Sciences and the Hong Kong Institution of Science, and is a Fellow of SIAM and the AMS. Ciarlet is the recipient of a Grand Prize from the French Academy of Sciences and a Humboldt Research Award, as well as many other awards. He is Doctor Honoris Causa, or Honorary Professor, at eight universities and the author of 190 research papers and fifteen books.