Table of Contents:
  • Finite difference approximations
  • Steady states and boundary value problems
  • Elliptic equations
  • Iterative methods for sparse linear systems
  • The initial value problem for ordinary differential equations
  • Zero-stability and convergence for initial value problems
  • Absolute stability for ordinary differential equations
  • Stiff ordinary differential equations
  • Diffusion equations and parabolic problems
  • Addiction equations and hyperbolic systems
  • Mixed equations
  • Appendixes: A. Measuring errors
  • B. Polynomial interpolation and orthogonal polynomials
  • C. Eigenvalues and inner-product norms
  • D. Matrix powers and exponentials
  • E. Partial differential equations.