Paola Gervasio – författare

In this book we describe the magic world of mathematical models: starting from real-life problems, we formulate them in terms of equations, transform equations into algorithms and algorithms into programs to be executed on computers.A broad variety of examples and exercises illustrate that properly designed models can, e.g.: predict the way the number of dolphins in the Aeolian Sea will change as food availability and fishing activity vary; describe the blood flow in a capillary network; calculate the PageRank of websites.This book also includes a chapter with an elementary introduction to Octave, an open-source programming language widely used in the scientific community. Octave functions and scripts for dealing with the problems presented in the text can be downloaded from https://paola-gervasio.unibs.it/quarteroni-gervasioThis book is addressed to any student interested in learning how to construct and apply mathematical models.

This textbook is an introduction to Scientific Computing, in which several numerical methods for the computer-based solution of certain classes of mathematical problems are illustrated. The authors show how to compute the zeros, the extrema, and the integrals of continuous functions, solve linear systems, approximate functions using polynomials and construct accurate approximations for the solution of ordinary and partial differential equations. To make the format concrete and appealing, the programming environments Matlab and Octave are adopted as faithful companions. The book contains the solutions to several problems posed in exercises and examples, often originating from important applications. At the end of each chapter, a specific section is devoted to subjects which were not addressed in the book and contains bibliographical references for a more comprehensive treatment of the material.From the review:".... This carefully written textbook, the third English edition, contains substantial new developments on the numerical solution of differential equations. It is typeset in a two-color design and is written in a style suited for readers who have mathematics, natural sciences, computer sciences or economics as a background and who are interested in a well-organized introduction to the subject." Roberto Plato (Siegen), Zentralblatt MATH 1205.65002.

This textbook is an introduction to Scientific Computing, in which several numerical methods for the computer-based solution of certain classes of mathematical problems are illustrated.

Ce livre constitue une introduction au Calcul Scientifique. Son objectif est de présenter des méthodes numériques permettant de résoudre avec un ordinateur certains problèmes mathématiques qui ne peuvent être traités simplement avec un papier et un crayon. Les questions classiques du Calcul Scientifique sont abordées: la recherche des zéros ou le calcul d'intégrales de fonctions continues, la résolution de systèmes linéaires, l'approximation de fonctions par des polynômes, la résolution approchée d'équations différentielles.La présentation de ces méthodes est rendue vivante par le recours systématique aux environnements de programmation Matlab et Octave dont les principales commandes sont introduites progressivement. Tous les algorithmes sont présentés sous la forme de programmes. Ceci permet de vérifier très rapidement leurs propriétés théoriques, en particulier la stabilité, la précision et la complexité. La résolution de divers problèmes, souvent motivés par des applications concrètes, fait l'objet de nombreux exemples et exercices. À la fin de chaque chapitre, une section présente des aspects plus avancés et fournit des indications bibliographiques qui permettront au lecteur d'appronfondir les connaissances acquises. Le dernier chapitre est consacré à la correction des exercices proposés tout au long du livre

Questo testo è concepito per i corsi delle Facoltà di Ingegneria e di Scienze. Esso affronta tutti gli argomenti tipici della Matematica Numerica, spaziando dal problema di risolvere sistemi di equazioni lineari e non lineari a quello di approssimare una funzione, di calcolare i suoi minimi, le sue derivate ed il suo integrale definito fino alla risoluzione di equazioni differenziali ordinarie e alle derivate parziali con metodi alle differenze finite ed agli elementi finiti. Un capitolo iniziale conduce lo studente ad un rapido ripasso degli argomenti dell'Analisi Matematica e dell'Algebra Lineare di uso frequente nel volume e ad una introduzione ai linguaggi MATLAB e Octave. Al fine di rendere maggiormente incisiva la presentazione e fornire un riscontro quantitativo immediato alla teoria vengono implementati in linguaggio MATLAB e Octave tutti gli algoritmi che via via si introducono. Vengono inoltre proposti numerosi esercizi, tutti risolti per esteso, ed esempi, anche con riferimento ad applicazioni in vari ambiti scientifici. Questa sesta edizione si differenzia dalle precedenti per l’aggiunta di nuovi sviluppi, di nuovi esempi relativi ad applicazioni di interesse reale e di svariati esercizi con relative soluzioni.