This book is aimed at those in engineering/scientific fields who have never learned programming before but are eager to master the C language quickly so as to immediately apply it to problem solving in numerical analysis. The book skips unnecessary formality but explains all the important aspects of C essential for numerical analysis. Topics covered in numerical analysis include single and simultaneous equations, differential equations, numerical integration, and simulations by random numbers. In the Appendices, quick tutorials for gnuplot, Octave/MATLAB, and FORTRAN for C users are provided.

Autorentext

Seiichi Nomura is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is the author of Micromechanics with Mathematica and coauthor of Heat Conduction in Composite Materials with A. Haji-Sheikh. His research interests include micromechanics, analysis of composite materials, and applications of computer algebra systems. He holds a Dr. of Eng. degree from the University of Tokyo and a Ph.D. from the University of Delaware.

Inhalt
Preface.- Acknowledgments.- First Steps to Run a C Program.- Components of C Language.- Note on Numerical Errors.- Roots of f(x) = 0.- Numerical Differentiation.- Numerical Integration.- Solving Simultaneous Equations.- Differential Equations.- Author's Biography.- Index .