This is the third edition of a book on elementary numerical analysis which
is designed specifically for the needs of upper-division undergraduate
students in engineering, mathematics, and science including, in particular,
computer science. On the whole, the student who has had a solid college
calculus sequence should have no difficulty following the material.
Advanced mathematical concepts, such as norms and orthogonality, when
they are used, are introduced carefully at a level suitable for undergraduate
students and do not assume any previous knowledge. Some familiarity
with matrices is assumed for the chapter on systems of equations and with
differential equations for Chapters 8 and 9. This edition does contain some
sections which require slightly more mathematical maturity than the previ-
previous edition. However, all such sections are marked with asterisks and all
can be omitted by the instructor with no loss in continuity.