Finite Difference Computing with Exponential Decay Models

Hans Petter Langtangen

ISBN 10: 3319294385 / ISBN 13: 9783319294384

Published by Springer, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Finite Difference Computing with Exponential Decay Models
• Publisher: Springer, Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319294385
• ISBN 13: 9783319294384
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 260W x 183H x 18D millimeters 260 millimeters width by 183 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 613 grams

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Synopsis

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. 

About the Author

Hans Petter Langtangen is a professor of computer science at the University of Oslo. He has formerly been a professor of mechanics and is now the director of a Norwegian Center of Excellence: "Center for Biomedical Computing", at Simula Research Laboratory. Langtangen has published over 100 scientific publications and written several books, including papers and a bestseller TCSE 6 "A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python", now in its 4th edition. He has also developed open source and commercial software systems for computational sciences.