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Scientific Computing
by Michael T. Heath
from McGraw Hill Higher Education

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• good introduction to numerical analysis
  The reviewers that give low-star reviews seem to be missing the subtitle of the book: "an introductory survey." The first two sentences of the preface explain Heath's standpoint for the entire book- a broad overview of numerical methods, with focus on the ideas behind the algorithms rather than detailed analysis. There are certainly other materials out there that go into much more depth than what Heath does, but that isn't what he was trying to do. Topics in the book include basic numerical analysis, linear... more info

• very nice conceptual overview
  Wow, people seem to be really split on this book. I had Mike Heath for numerical analysis/scientific computing and he was an excellent instructor, one of the best lecturers I've ever had. (As a consequence, I have a hard time separating the book and the class, so judge accordingly.) The book is based on his lecture notes, though he added some material and didn't cover every topic in the book. Just reading the book is useful to give you an overview of the point behind different methods. The goal of the class... more info

• Not for the practitioner
  If you are interested in Scientific computing from the viewpoint of the end user that is the guy who uses the method to solve practical engineering problems then this book is lacking.
  Not enough methods in this book to constitute an introductory survey of the field. Every chapter gets heavy dose mathematical treatment, apparently Heath loves his math but for the rest of us it doesnt translate into know-how. Know how to solve equations using computational techniques. Very few derivations to back his... more info

• Trash
  If you want to have a solid understanding of numerical computation, this book is definitely the last choice. Many theorems are given without any proof or even intuitions behind them in this book. Even when a proof is provided, it's often far from rigorous. The organization of chapters is the worst I have ever seen, revelant materials are scattered over several different locations rather than put together. Take the SVD for example, it is mentioned in the end of chapter 3, but reappears in chapter 4, which is... more info

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