Numerical Computing with Matlab

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Summary: explains floating point methods, not integer methods
Review: Moler provides you with a good introduction to the main ideas of numerical analysis. To do this, and to make useful examples that you can follow, he also chose Matlab as the numerical package. The book's contents are focused on floating point methods. Like numerical integration, and solving partial differential equations.

There is a brief section on integer arithmetic methods - using cryptography as an example. But if you need discrete methods, turn to other texts.

The book also does not use the symbolic algebra capabilities of Matlab. [As you may know, the competing package, Mathematica, is reknowned for its symbolic algebra.]

Useful for students of the physical sciences and engineering.