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Journal: Math. Comp. 65 (1996), pp. 877-895
PII: S 0025-5718(96)00724-7
Copyright: 2002, American Mathematical Society
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The mathematical theory of finite element methods by
Susanne C. Brenner and L. Ridgway Scott
Texts in Applied Mathematics, Vol. 15,
Springer, New York, 1994, xx+294 pp., $39.00,
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. 65-01, 65N30, 65N55, 73Cxx
Reviewed by: Franco Brezzi
Industrial mathematics: A course in solving real-world problems by
Avner Friedman and Walter Littman
SIAM, Philadelphia, PA, 1994, xiv+136 pp., softcover, $22.50
1991, Mathematics Subject Classification. 00A69, 34-01, 35-01, 65-01
Reviewed by:Eugene Isaacson
Environments and tools for parallel scientific computing edited
by Jack J. Dongarra and Bernard Tourancheau
SIAM Proceedings Series,
SIAM, Philadelphia, PA, 1994, xii+292 pp., softcover, $38.50,
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. 65-06, 65Y05
Reviewed by: Elias N. Houstis
Solving Problems in Scientific Computing Using MAPLE and MATLAB by
Walter Gander and Jirí Hrebícek
Springer, Berlin, 1993, xiv+268 pp., softcover, $39.00,
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. 68-01, 65-01
Reviewed by:Frank Stenger
Maple V by example by
Martha L. Abell and James P. Braselton
AP Professional, Boston, MA, 1994, xii+500 pp., softcover, $39.95,
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. 68-01, 68Q40
Reviewed by: Francis J. Wright
Nonlinear programming by
Olvi L. Mangasarian
Classics in Applied Mathematics, Vol. 10,
SIAM, Philadelphia, PA, 1994, xvi+220 pp., softcover, $28.50,
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. 49-02, 49K40, 65K05
Reviewed by: Jorge Nocedal
Interior-point polynomial algorithms in convex programming by Yurii Nesterov and Arkadii Nemirovskii
SIAM Studies in Applied Mathematics, Vol. 13,
SIAM, Philadelphia, PA, 1994, x+405 pp., $68.50,
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification.
Note: This is an abridged version of a review that appeared in OPTIMA, a newsletter of the Mathematical Programming Society.
Iterative solution methods by
Owe Axelsson
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1994, xiv+654 pp., $59.95,
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. 65-02, 65F05, 65F10
Reviewed by:
Howard Elman
Polynomial and matrix computations: Fundamental algorithms, Vol. 1 by
Dario Bini and Victor Y. Pan
Progress in Theoretical Computer Science, Vol. 12.
Birkhäuser, Boston, 1994, xvi+415 pp., $64.50,
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. 15A06, 65F05, 68Q25
Reviewed by: Nicholas J. Higham
Mathematical aspects of geometrical modeling by
Charles A. Micchelli
CBMS-NSF Regional Conference Series in Applied Mathematics, Vol. 65.
SIAM, Philadelphia, PA, 1995, x+256 pp., softcover, $37.50,
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. 65-02, 65D17
Reviewed by: E. W. Cheney
Wavelets: theory, algorithms, and applications edited by
Charles K. Chui, Laura Montefusco and Luigia Puccio
Wavelet Analysis and Its Applications, Vol. 5.
AP Professional, San Diego, CA, 1994, xvi+627 pp., $59.95.
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. 41-06, 41A30, 41A99, 65-06
Reviewed by: E. W. Cheney
NURB curves and surfaces: from projective geometry to practical use by
Gerald E. Farin
A K Peters, Wellesley, MA, 1995, xii+229 pp., $39.95,
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. 65-01, 65D07, 65Y25, 68U07
Reviewed by: E. W. Cheney
Designing fair curves and surfaces edited by
Nickolas S. Sapidis
Geometric Design Publications.
SIAM, Philadelphia, PA, 1994, xii+318 pp., softcover, $61.50,
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. 65-06, 65D05, 65D07, 65D17.
Reviewed by: Weston Meyer
Computational number theory and digital signal processing: Fast algorithms and error control techniques by
Hari Krishna, Bal Krishna, Kuo-Yu Lin and Jenn-Dong Sun
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1994, xviii+330 pp., $59.95,
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. 12Y05, 65T10, 94B05
Reviewed by: Harald Niederreiter
The encyclopedia of integer sequences by
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Ploufee
Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 1995, xiv+587 pp., $44.95,
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. 11-00, 11B83
Reviewed by: David H. Bailey |
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