Introduction to Scientific Computing and Data Analysis

Mark Holmes is a Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.  His current research interests include mechanoreception and sleep-wake cycles. Professor Holmes has three published books in Springer's Texts in Applied Mathematics series: Introduction to Perturbation Methods, Introduction to the Foundations of Applied Mathematics, and Introduction to Numerical Methods in Differential Equations.

• Preface.- Preface to Second Edition.- Introduction to Scientific Computing.- Solving a Nonlinear Equation.- Matrix Equations.- Eigenvalue Problems.- Interpolation.- Numerical Integration.- Initial Value Problems.- Optimization: Regression.- Optimization: Descent Methods.- Data Analysis.- Taylor's Theorem.- Vector and Matrix Summary.- Answers.- References.- Index.