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 enlarge | Author: Charles F. Van Loan
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Category: Book
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 96705
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 367
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0139491570
Dewey Decimal Number: 510.28553
EAN: 9780139491573
Publication Date: July 17, 1999
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 not an introduction to scientific computing October 21, 1999
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
This book could only have been written for mathematicians already well familiar with the subject. It is difficult to follow and gives next to no explanation of the code examples (which are often wrong). If you haven't already studied numerical analysis and MATLAB, this book will not help you. Worst of all, it costs a lot for a slim paperback.
Did anyone actually edit this book? February 11, 2002
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I find it appalling that in a college level textbook there would be spelling errors, problems that just don't make sense (i.e. a problem referring to making four plots but failing to say what they should be of), and untested matlab scripts. This book looks like it was written on a whim and doesn't really cover matlab, it just presents mathematical problems that should be solvable in matlab, but without providing any examples or information in the text to help.
Incomprehensible 'Introductory' text July 27, 2000
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
The text tries to cover far too much material, and makes too many assumptions about prior knowledge of linear algebra for an 'introductory' book. Further, the author seems to labour under the belief that deciphering Matlab code is the most intuitive way to understand complex mathematical ideas. Explanations are scant, and often sketchy. There are several concepts in the book that could each fill semester long maths courses, but are treated in two page sections. It is a real shame that this book was chosen for the course, because it has left me with little understanding (or appreciation, for that matter) of the material it attempts to cover.
Why Editors Should Know Mathematics January 5, 2000
William Wehner (New York, New York)
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book was full of typos which are not permissible in a published text. The explanation he gave were terse and not very helpful. Also, the web site which the author says has all of the scripts from the text book is not maintained. Some of the posted scripts are missing lines or crash when used! I felt that this book was too poorly written for both independant study. This book taught be nothing about numerical analysis or Matlab, if it wasn't for my professor I wouldn't have understood anything at all.
Choose any book other than this one June 11, 1999
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
From a students view: Using this for an intro class to numerical analysis was a big mistake for my professor. I was disgusted by the numerous mistakes made in examples. Obviously it was a waste of the author's time to do them accurately. I can't believe this book even got through publising.
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