Numerical analysis and optimization : an introduction to mathematical modelling and numerical simulation /

This text, based on the author's teaching at Ecole Polytechnique, introduces the reader to the world of mathematical modelling and numerical simulation. Covering the finite difference method; variational formulation of elliptic problems; Sobolev spaces; elliptical problems; the finite element m...

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Main Author: Allaire, Grégoire
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:Numerical mathematics and scientific computation
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Summary:This text, based on the author's teaching at Ecole Polytechnique, introduces the reader to the world of mathematical modelling and numerical simulation. Covering the finite difference method; variational formulation of elliptic problems; Sobolev spaces; elliptical problems; the finite element method; Eigenvalue problems; evolution problems; optimality conditions and algorithms and methods of operational research, and including several exercises throughout, this is an ideal text for advanced undergraduate students and graduates in applied mathematics, engineering, computer science, and the physical sciences.
Item Description:Translated from the French.
Physical Description:xvi, 455 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199205219
0199205213
0199205221
9780199205226