Numerical Methods for Engineers and Scientists

The desire for numerical answers to applied problems has increased manifold with the advances made in various branches of science and engineering and rapid development of high-speed digital computers. Although numerical methods have always been useful, their role in the present day scientific computations and research is of fundamental importance. This self-contained textbook designed on computational numerical methods has numerous distinguishing features. The contents of the book have been organized in a logical order and the topics are discussed in a systematic manner. Key features of this book include: solved examples that illustrate various concepts; algorithms and numerous exercises at the end of each chapter; helps students in problem solving both manually and through computer programming; an exhaustive bibliography; and an appendix containing some important and useful iterative methods for the solution of nonlinear complex equations.