Lectures on Finite Precision Computations - Couverture souple

Chaitin-Chatelin, Françoise; Frayssé, Valérie

 
9780898713589: Lectures on Finite Precision Computations
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0898713587 ISBN 13 : 9780898713589
Editeur : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1987

Synopsis

Devoted to the assessment of the quality of numerical results produced by computers, this book addresses the question: How does finite precision affect the convergence of numerical methods on the computer when convergence has been proven in exact arithmetic? Finite precision computations are at the heart of the daily activities of many engineers and researchers in all branches of applied mathematics. Written in an informal style, the book combines techniques from engineering and mathematics to describe the rigorous and novel theory of computability in finite precision. In the challenging cases of nonlinear problems, theoretical analysis is supplemented by software tools to explore the stability on the computer. Roundoff errors are often considered negatively, as a severe limitation on the purity of exact computations. The authors show how the necessarily finite precision of the computer arithmetic can be turned into an asset to describe physical phenomena.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Devoted to the assessment of the quality of numerical results produced by computers, this book addresses the question: How does finite precision affect the convergence of numerical methods on the computer when convergence has been proven in exact arithmetic? Finite precision computations are at the heart of the daily activities of many engineers and researchers in all branches of applied mathematics. Written in an informal style, the book combines techniques from engineering and mathematics to describe the rigorous and novel theory of computability in finite precision. In the challenging cases of nonlinear problems, theoretical analysis is supplemented by software tools to explore the stability on the computer. Roundoff errors are often considered negatively, as a severe limitation on the purity of exact computations. The authors show how the necessarily finite precision of the computer arithmetic can be turned into an asset to describe physical phenomena.

Revue de presse

'Chaitin-Chatelin and Frayssé provide a rigorous basis for error analysis and asses the quality and reliability of computations. ... Problems and algorithm derivations, toolboxes for computer experimentation, are given in a clear succinct form.' D. E. Bentil, CHOICE

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Éditeur
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Date d'édition
1987
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0898713587
ISBN 13 
9780898713589
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
250
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Personne responsable
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