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Mathematics of Computation

Published by the American Mathematical Society since 1960 (published as Mathematical Tables and other Aids to Computation 1943-1959), Mathematics of Computation is devoted to research articles of the highest quality in computational mathematics.

ISSN 1088-6842 (online) ISSN 0025-5718 (print)

The 2020 MCQ for Mathematics of Computation is 1.78.

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REVIEWS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF TABLES AND BOOKS

Review information:

Journal: Math. Comp. 66 (1997), 915-925
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-97-00841-7
Review copyright: © Copyright 1997 American Mathematical Society
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Acta numerica 1995, edited by A. Iserles
Additional book information: edited by A. Iserles, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995, 491 pp., $59.95$
MSC (1991): Primary 65-02

Reviewed by: Vidar Thomée
Numerical solution of partial differential equations, by K. W. Morton and D. F. Mayers
Additional book information: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1994, 227 pp., $54.95$, hardcover; $22.95$, paperback
MSC (1991): Primary 65-01, 65M06, 65N06

Reviewed by: Lars B. Wahlbin
Computer Numerik 1, 2, by Christoph Überhuber
Additional book information: Springer, Berlin, pt. 1, 1995, xvi + 511 pp., DM 78.00, softcover; pt. 2, 515 pp.
MSC (1991): Primary 65-01

Reviewed by: Andreas Frommer
Affiliation: Fachbereich Mathematik Universität Wuppertal D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany
Abstract machine models for highly parallel comptuers, edited by John R. Davy and Peter M. Dew
Additional book information: edited by John R. Davy and Peter M. Dew, Oxford University Press, New York, 1995, xii + 337 pp., $80.00$
MSC (1991): Primary 68Q05, 68--06

Reviewed by: Daniel W. Lozier
Mathematics, climate and environment, edited by J. I. Diaz and J. L. Lions
Additional book information: edited by J. I. Diaz and J. L. Lions, Masson, Paris, 1993, 315 pp., F 320, softcover
MSC (1991): Primary 86-06

Reviewed by: Juan Mario Restrepo
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics University of California Los Angeles, CA 90095
Iterative methods for linear and nonlinear equations, by C. T. Kelley
Additional book information: SIAM, Philadelphia, PA, 1995, xiv + 165 pp., $32.50$, softcover
MSC (1991): Primary 65F10, 65H10, 65H20

Reviewed by: Howard Elman
Quadratics, by Richard A Mollin
Additional book information: CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1966, xx + 387 pp., $74.95$
MSC (1991): Primary 11R11, 11R29, 11Y40

Reviewed by: Harvey Cohn
Affiliation: IDA-CCS 17100 Science Drive Bowie, MD 20715-4300
Email: hcohn@super.org
Enumeration to $10^{14}$ of the twin primes and Brun's constant, by Thomas R. Nicely
Additional book information:
MSC (1991): Primary 11A41, 11-04, 11N36, 11Y60, 68M15

Reviewed by: Richard P. Brent
Affiliation: Australian National University Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
Journal: Math. Comp. 66 (1997), 915-925
Review copyright: © Copyright 1997 American Mathematical Society