Numerical Mathematics and Computing | 
| Authors: E. Ward Cheney, David R. Kincaid
Publisher: Brooks Cole
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 201932
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 5
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 840
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 6.9 x 1.4
ISBN: 0534389937
Dewey Decimal Number: 518
EAN: 9780534389932
ASIN: 0534389937
Publication Date: July 25, 2003
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Authors Ward Cheney and David Kincaid show enthusiasts of science and engineering the potential computers have for solving numerical problems and give them ample opportunities to hone their skills in programming and problem solving. The book also helps readers learn about errors that inevitably accompany scientific computations and arms them with methods for detecting, predicting, and controlling these errors.
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 Best numerical analysis textbook August 1, 2007
In my opinion, this is the best numerical analysis textbook.
Rather than trying to teach and explain everything to the student in detail, it complements the instructor. The idea is that the students learn in class, and use the text book as a reference, and for homeworks. This is a great idea. Unfortunately pretty much all Calculus books try to teach Calculus, but for a regular student, math is very hard to learn from a text-book... A nice instructor, and a clean presentation is a must. I teach the material I see important, the way it makes sense to me. What I need is a book that complements me, not replaces me.
 NOT Recommended April 7, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I was a teaching assistant for an introductory numerical mathematics course which used this text. It's a satisfactory text (nothing special) if you already have a basis in numerical analysis, however students which have no foundation struggle severely.
The problem stems from the fact that the authors, Kincaid and Cheney, first wrote a graduate level numerical analysis text and then they created this text based on the content from the first book. Needless to say, this "introductory" text makes several [invalid] assumptions about the introductory student's abilities.
It's frustrating to see students struggle because numerical analysis is really not that difficult -- but they have to be taught the procedures clearly. This text does not have enough example problems and the ones they included do not describe the steps thoroughly or the logic behind performing them. The text does include a large quantity of homework problems, but the selected answers in the back of the book provide only answers and no explanation of how the answer was arrived at.
Anyways, if you're still going to buy this book its probably becausre you're a student. Hang in there. It's really not that hard but seek help from other textbooks if needed.
Numerical Mathematics and Computing September 17, 2005
0 out of 15 found this review helpful
After two weeks They didn't have a stock of quality so they gave me a discount for any other book and a full refund
Incomplete explanations, lack of examples.... February 11, 2005
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
The true test of a textbook's value is whether it can be used to learn the material without the benefit of a thorough and clear lecturer. Considering a textbook's value when supplemented with a good professor isn't proper, because the professor can fill in the book's gaps, making it harder to tell whether the book is good or not.
"Numerical Mathematics and Computing" fails miserably at this test of value. The explanations are very short and feel incomplete, leaving students unsure of how to find the correct answers. The examples which are given to clarify the material are few and far between, and good examples are practically non-exsistant. In general, they skip right over the finer details of how to work through problems, and assume the reader understands what's going on. This might work if the student had already been introduced to the material, or if they had a good professor to fill in the gaps, but that shouldn't be assumed. It certainly seems like it was when this book was written.
I would absolutely discourage anyone from getting this book!
From a student's view......Garbage May 4, 2002
10 out of 18 found this review helpful
I had to use this book for an undergraduate Numerical Analysis class. I'm a Computer Science major with a math minor and this is my last semester. I found this book to be horrible when coupled with an instructor that is equally as horrible. The explainations are too short and lack examples, the problems in each chapter are hard to solve based on the chapter's explaination; they seem to deviate far beyond what was explained in the corresponding chapter. There are some formulas and theorem's mentioned that have no examples to show how they work. The book is not totally at fault in my case. I also have a horrible instructor and have to rely soley on this book to learn the material. This book just makes it very, very hard to teach myself. My only praise of the book is it's pseudocode for implementing the methods explained. They can easily be used to program them in C++ or other languages. Overall the book is very confusing but it is still far better than my instructor who doesn't explain anything or answer questions.
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