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Elementary Theory and Application of Numerical Analysis

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This is a nice little start to numerical analysis. None of the underlying real variable theory is explored in the detail. Basically, an undergraduate exposure to calculus and linear algebra is all that is required. The basic topics are covered such as integration, numerical differentiation, and interpolation. There are numerous worked out examples and the text is sprinkled with snippets of Fortran code. However, all of the material covered here is contained in Press' "Numerical Recipes in C" .

I have a better but much more expensive text First Course in Numerical Analysis (International Series in Pure & Applied Mathematics)
that lacks the Fortran computer code in this book that can usually be translated to other computer languages with some effort.
The recursion form for -1+Sqrt[2] that I found on page 157 can be made into
a general form that will give the golden mean.
The only thing better about the higher priced book is that it has more in depth coverage of numerical analysis ( graduate level).
For me this book is a very welcome addition to my reference library that has taught me several things already.