1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449982303321

Autore

Mace Jane

Titolo

Talking about literacy : principles and practice of adult literacy education / / Jane Mace

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992

ISBN

1-134-91963-8

1-280-33832-6

0-203-31440-9

0-203-03251-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi,168p. ) : ill

Disciplina

374/.012

Soggetti

Functional literacy - Great Britain

Reading (Adult education) - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliography: 158-163. -Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-163) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction I. Issues 1. Problems of Representation 2. The Truth For Now II. Principles 1. Listening to the Questions 2. The Teacher Researcher 3. Authors and Authority 4. Readers=Writers 5. Vocations and Vocationalism Conclusion Afterword Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the theory behind adult literacy education - discussing the arguments in favour of literacy, and analysing principles by which literacy may be creatively learned, looking in detail at context, equality and community.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911006991103321

Autore

Hamming Richard

Titolo

Numerical Methods for Scientists and Engineers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newburyport, : Dover Publications, 2012

ISBN

9780486134826

0486134822

9781621986348

1621986349

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1209 p.)

Collana

Dover Books on Mathematics

Disciplina

620.001/518

620.001518

Soggetti

Engineering mathematics

Numerical analysis

Numerical analysis - Data processing

Engineering & Applied Sciences

Applied Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; I Fundamentals and Algorithms; 1 An Essay on Numerical Methods; 2 Numbers; 3 Function Evaluation; 4 Real Zeros; 5 Complex Zeros; 6 Zeros of Polynomials; 7 Linear Equations and Matrix Inversion; 8 Random Numbers; 9 The Difference Calculus; 10 Roundoff; 11 The Summation Calculus; 12 Infinite Series; 13 Difference Equations; II Polynomial Approximation-Classical Theory; 14 Polynomial Interpolation; 15 Formulas Using Function Values; 16 Error Terms; 17 Formulas Using Derivatives; 18 Formulas Using Differences

19 Formulas Using the Sample Points as Parameters20 Composite Formulas; 21 Indefinite Integrals-Feedback; 22 Introduction to Differential Equations; 23 A General Theory of Predictor-Corrector Methods; 24 Special Methods of Integrating Ordinary Differential Equations; 25 Least Squares: Theory; 26 Orthogonal Functions; 27 Least Squares: Practice; 28 Chebyshev Approximation: Theory; 29



Chebyshev Approximation: Practice; 30 Rational Function Approximation; III Fourier Approximation-Modern Theory; 31 Fourier Series: Periodic Functions; 32 Convergence of Fourier Series

33 The Fast Fourier Transform34 The Fourier Integral: Nonperiodic Functions; 35 A Second Look at Polynomial Approximation-Filters; 36 Integrals and Differential Equations; 37 Design of Digital Filters; 38 Quantization of Signals; IV Exponential Approximation; 39 Sums of Exponentials; 40 The Laplace Transform; 41 Simulation and the Method of Zeros and Poles; V Miscellaneous; 42 Approximations to Singularities; 43 Optimization; 44 Linear Independence; 45 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors of Hermitian Matrices; N + 1 The Art of Computing for Scientists and Engineers; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Numerical analysis is a subject of extreme interest to mathematicians and computer scientists, who will welcome this first inexpensive paperback edition of a groundbreaking classic text on the subject. In an introductory chapter on numerical methods and their relevance to computing, well-known mathematician Richard Hamming (""the Hamming code,"" ""the Hamming distance,"" and ""Hamming window,"" etc.), suggests that the purpose of computing is insight, not merely numbers. In that connection he outlines five main ideas that aim at producing meaningful numbers that will be read and used, but wil