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Finite Difference Computing with Exponential Decay Models

By Hans Petter Langtangen (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2016
ISBN
978-3-319-29438-4, 978-3-319-29439-1
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-29439-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2981353 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering 110
Edition
1
Pages
XIV, 200\210
Time added
2016-07-20 04:00:00
Computational Science and Engineering; Programming

Description

This text provides a very simple, initial introduction to the complete scientific computing pipeline: models, discretization, algorithms, programming, verification, and visualization. The pedagogical strategy is to use one case study – an ordinary differential equation describing exponential decay processes – to illustrate fundamental concepts in mathematics and computer science. The book is easy to read and only requires a command of one-variable calculus and some very basic knowledge about computer programming. Contrary to similar texts on numerical methods and programming, this text has a much stronger focus on implementation and teaches testing and software engineering in particular.

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