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Record Nr.

UNINA9910160767703321

Autore

Langtangen Hans Petter

Titolo

Finite Difference Computing with Exponential Decay Models / / by Hans Petter Langtangen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-29439-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 200 p. 29 illus.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, , 1439-7358 ; ; 110

Disciplina

004

Soggetti

Computer science - Mathematics

Computer programming

Software engineering

Physics

Applied mathematics

Engineering mathematics

Computational Science and Engineering

Programming Techniques

Software Engineering

Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation

Mathematical and Computational Engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Algorithms and implementations -- Analysis -- Generalizations -- Models -- Scientific Software Engineering -- References -- Index. .

Sommario/riassunto

This text provides a very simple, initial introduction to the complete scientific computing pipeline: models, discretization, algorithms, programming, verification, and visualization. The pedagogical strategy is to use one case study – an ordinary differential equation describing exponential decay processes – to illustrate fundamental concepts in mathematics and computer science. The book is easy to read and only requires a command of one-variable calculus and some very basic knowledge about computer programming. Contrary to similar texts on



numerical methods and programming, this text has a much stronger focus on implementation and teaches testing and software engineering in particular. .