A Gentle Introduction to Scientific Computing

<p>Scientific Computation has established itself as a stand-alone area of knowledge at the borderline between computer science and applied mathematics. Nonetheless, its interdisciplinary character cannot be denied: its methodologies are increasingly used in a wide variety of branches of science and engineering.</p><p>A <strong>Gentle Introduction to Scientific Computing</strong> intends to serve a very broad audience of college students across a variety of disciplines. It aims to expose its readers to some of the basic tools and techniques used in computational science, with a view to helping them understand what happens "behind the scenes" when simple tools such as solving equations, plotting and interpolation are used.</p><p>To make the book as practical as possible, the authors explore their subject both from a theoretical, mathematical perspective and from an implementation-driven, programming perspective.</p><p>Features</p><ul><li>Middle-ground approach between theory and implementation.</li><li>Suitable reading for a broad range of students in STEM disciplines. Could be used as the primary text for a first course in scientific computing.</li><li>Introduces mathematics majors, without any prior computer science exposure, to numerical methods.<br></li><li>All mathematical knowledge needed beyond Calculus (together with the most widely used Calculus notation and concepts) is introduced in the text to make it self-contained.</li></ul><p>The erratum document for <b>A<i> </i>Gentle Introduction to Scientific Computing</b><i> </i>can be accessed here.</p>