An Introduction to Numerical Computation by Wen ShenMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
"Drawing on ten years’ teaching, the author presents complete lecture notes and assignments for a semester’s introductory numerical methods course for senior undergraduates. Videos at the author's YouTube channel from live lectures with short tutorials augment the text making it self-contained for self-study. Multivariable calculus, matrix basics, and some basic computer programming skills are the prerequisites here. The programming examples are in MATLAB. For a compact volume, the homework—homework, not exercises—is ample and well-conceived. Homework problems concluding each chapter include applications, programming tasks, and a list of items to turn in. A complete set of solutions is available for instructors upon request..."
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