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Mathematics of Computation
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Journal: Math. Comp. 66, 1751-1763
DOI:
10.1090/S0025-5718-97-00910-1
PII:
S 0025-5718(97)00910-1
Copyright of article: Copyright 1997, American Mathematical Society
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Lectures on finite precision computations, by Françoise Chaitin-Chatelin and Valérie Frayssé
Software, Environments and Tools, SIAM, Philadelphia, PA, 1996, ix + 235, softcover, $44.50
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 65-02, 65G05

Reviewed by: Hans J. Stetter



Accuracy and stability of numerical algorithms, by Nicholas J. Higham
SIAM, Philadelphia, PA, 1995, xxv + 688, $39.00
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 65F05, 65G05, 65F10, 65F35

Reviewed by: Charles Van Loan
Affiliation: Department of Computer Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853

Algorithms for elliptic problems: Efficient sequential and parallel solvers, by Marián Vajtersic
Mathematics and Its Applications (East European Series), Vol. 58, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1993, xviii + 292, $152.00/Dfl.240
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 65N06, 65-04

Reviewed by: Michael Holst
Affiliation: Applied Mathematics 217-50, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125

Integral equations: Theory and numerical treatment, by Wolfgang Hackbusch
International Series of Numerical Mathematics, Vol 120, Birkhäuser, Basel, 1995, xiv + 359, $79.50
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 65-00, 65-01

Reviewed by: Frank Stenger

A practical guide to pseudospectral methods, by Bengt Fornberg
Cambridge Monographs on Applied and Computational Mathematics, Cambridge Univ. Press, New York, NY, 1996, x + 231, hardcover, $54.95
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 41A05, 41A10, 42A15, 65D05, 65M70, 65T10

Reviewed by: Chi-Wang Shu

Numerical solution of initial-value problems in differential-algebraic equations, by K. E. Brenan, S. L. Campbell, and L. R. Petzold
Classics in Applied Mathematics, Vol. 14, SIAM, Philadelphia, PA, 1996, x + 256, softcover, $29.50
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 65Lxx, 65L06

Reviewed by: R. Mattheij
Affiliation: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, P. O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Linear and nonlinear conjugate gradient-related methods, edited by Loyce Adams and J. L. Nazareth
SIAM, Philadelphia, PA, 1996, xvi + 164, softcover, $32.00
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 65F10, 65K10

Reviewed by: Stephen J. Wright

Numerical methods for least squares problems, by Åke Björck
SIAM, Philadelphia, PA, 1996, xiii + 408, softcover, $47.50
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 65K10

Reviewed by: Thomas F. Coleman
Affiliation: Department of Computer Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853

Number-theoretic function products, by R. G. Buschman
Buschman, Langlois, OR, 1996, vi +69, vinyl cover, spiral bound, $12.50
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 11-00

Reviewed by: Lars B. Wahlbin


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