David Halpern, Howard B. Wilson, Louis H. Turcotte

"Material [in this book] can serve as a valuable resource for the AEM course that provides a brief exposure to numerics. It can also supplement the more heavily numerical course."- SIAM Review, Vol. 46, No. 3

• Introduction. Elementary Aspects of MATLAB Graphics. Summary of Concepts From Linear Algebra. Methods for Interpolation and Numerical Differentiation. Gaussian Integration with Applications to Geometric Properties. Fourier Series and the Fast Fourier Transform. Dynamic Response of Linear Second Order Systems. Integration of Nonlinear Initial Value Problems. Boundary Value Problems for Linear Partial Differential Equations. Eigenvalue Problems and Applications. Bending Analysis of Beams of General Cross Section. Applications of Analytic Functions. Nonlinear Optimization Applications. Appendices.