Introduction to Numerical Methods

An Introduction to Numerical Methods: A MATLAB® Approach, Sixth Edition continues to offer readers an accessible and practical introduction to numerical analysis. It presents a wide range of useful and important algorithms for scientific and engineering applications, using MATLAB to illustrate each numerical method with full details of the computed results so that the main steps are easily visualized and interpreted. This edition also includes new chapter on the Numerical Approximation of Fractional Derivatives and Applications. Features:Covers the most common numerical methods encountered in science and engineeringIllustrates the methods using MATLABIdeal as an undergraduate textbook for numerical analysisPresents numerous examples and exercises, with selected answers provided at the back of the bookAccompanied by downloadable MATLAB code hosted at www.routledge.com/9781041427308