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Elementary Numerical Analysis 1st Edition

by Kendall Atkinson (Author)
2.9 out of 5 stars 14 customer reviews
ISBN-13: 978-0471897330
ISBN-10: 0471897337
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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (February 12, 1985)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0471897337
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471897330
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Average Elementary Numerical Analysis Text
By Leicester Dedlock on July 10, 2007
Format: Hardcover
Just so you know the source of this review and whether or not you should bother trusting me (hmm..maybe not?):
Ph.D. student in Statistics at Iowa State University.
B.S. Computer Science
B.A. Mathematics

Research areas: numerical analysis, analysis of large data sets, stochastic processes
Former research areas: truth maintenance systems, microarray analysis, parallel computing

Note: Not a plug. I like my job.

First off, the book's title is very appropriate. It requires extensive knowledge of calculus and linear algebra, but it uses a fairly non-rigorous "easy" approach to numerical analysis. It's not advanced enough for use in a graduate level class, even for non-majors, but it is very useful and appropriate for sophomore/junior undergraduates. Even though the approach is somewhat non-rigorous, the book doesn't avoid proofs, and though a more advanced mathematician or computer scientist would see holes, it's a book that surely feels complete to most undergraduate math/cs majors/minors.

The explanations and proofs are definitely not perfect. The proofs leave out steps that they assume readers should find obvious. Academic types like Atkinson who have spent years of research in this field often forget just how difficult these concepts are to undergraduates, so some of these "obvious" steps are not going to be obvious to all readers and should not have been omitted. Mixed in with the proofs are some straightforward explanations, but often they are not in layman's terms and I remember scratching my head at times. So I would give the explanations and proofs a C-/D+.

The author does a better job at the exercises.Read more ›
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Comprehensive but not very useful
By Mary Nalls on May 11, 2014
Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase
First off, this touches on just about every possible topic in Numerical Analysis.
The problem is that it gives long descriptions, long derivations, but very few useful equations. Just before describing applicability it goes into a generalized example that doesn't fully utilize what it spent pages deriving. So it explains a lot but doesn't provide many useful equations for applying things, it basically expects you to base your own formula off what it derives. I didn't find may examples particularly useful.
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
will need supplimentation
By T. Gotti on September 16, 2004
Format: Hardcover
Of course this book assumes (advanced?) knowledge of Calc 1 & 2 as well as linear algebra and preferably Dif. EQ. These are all prerequisites for the course in which the book is used. That being said, it is quite annoying when the book *completely* skips over intermediate steps involving calculus leaving the student scratching his head. I find myself with my nose more in my Calc. books trying to figure out what the steps leading to the answer rather than learning Num. Analysis. Would have been nice if at least some intermediate steps were added to most problems, but hey, this is college and hand holding should not be assumed.

There are 3 main gripes which contribute to the low rating.

1. The Cost. For the price of the book, (considering the way the material is presented (see 2.) there should be a solution manual bundled with it. (see 3.)

2. The explanations of the material is cut and dry and not verbose at all, [which adds 2 stars to an original 0 rating] however, there is usually only one example for a topic, followed by 10-15 excercises associated with that topic. This often leads to pure frustration and having to "google" for supplimentary material to help me through the problems due to the fact that the example is far more elemantary than the excercises.

3. Lack of solutions. Coupled with the lack of GOOD examples is the lack of solutions for the excercises you just struggled to drudge through. Chapters that typically have 10-15 problems, some with sub-problems in them usually have 5 or so solutions in the back. (so if there is say question 1, parts a-h, question 2, question 3 a - k....there would be a solution for question 1 part c, question 3 part g...).

If you take this course and this is the required text, pray that your professor has great lectures and notes(neither of which my prof. has) or be prepared to spend many hours on google looking for other references.
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Perfect Quality, Great Price
By Ziomster44 on September 15, 2013
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This textbook is the correct one and has all of the information that it is supposed to have. I couldn't even tell that this book has been used before: the quality is perfect. Best of all, the price is significantly lower than that of your typical college bookstore. I paid only 1/4 to 1/7 of what I could have ended up paying at the bookstore just to RENT!
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it has a lot of helpful codes/examples
By Yvonne Lastra on May 21, 2014
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i use this book often as an applied math major, and it has been a great reference for me for codes or examples. it just doesnt explain certain concepts very well, and it should go more in depth when it comes to certain numerical methods.
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Nice book!
By Deuces225 on March 1, 2013
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Very good math text! Gets straight to the point and does so in a very clear manner! Cuts out most of the calculus fat that can be found in regular calculus books. Very modular approaches.
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Would do it again
By Spencer Eslocker on March 4, 2015
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Took a lot longer than expected to arrive (nearly a month to arrive). The book is exactly as described and exactly what I needed for class.
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