Introduction to the Tools of Scientific Computing

Einar Smith

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Springer International Publishing AG
29 October 2023

Numerical analysis; Programming & scripting languages: general; Maths for computer scientists

Series: Texts in Computational Science and Engineering

The book provides an introduction to common programming tools and methods in numerical mathematics and scientific computing. Unlike standard approaches, it does not focus on any specific language, but aims to explain the underlying ideas.

Typically, new concepts are first introduced in the particularly user-friendly Python language and then transferred and extended in various programming environments from C/C++, Julia and MATLAB to Maple and Mathematica. This includes various approaches to distributed computing. By examining and comparing different languages, the book is also helpful for mathematicians and practitioners in deciding which programming language to use for which purposes.

At a more advanced level, special tools for the automated solution of partial differential equations using the finite element method are discussed. On a more experimental level, the basic methods of scientific machine learning in artificial neural networks are explained and illustrated.

By: Einar Smith
Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 2nd ed. 2022
Volume: 25
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm,
Weight: 676g
ISBN: 9783031169748
ISBN 10: 3031169743
Series: Texts in Computational Science and Engineering
Pages: 428
Publication Date: 29 October 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction.- Part I, Background.- Part II, Core Languages.- Part III, Commercial Computing Environments.- Part IV, Distributed Computing.- Part V, Specialized Programming Environments.- References.- Index.

Einar Smith holds academic degrees in Mathematics from the Unversity of Bonn, in Economics from the University of Oslo, and in Computer Science from the University of Hamburg. He has published a textbook on Mathematical Computability Theory, and a biography of the German computer scientist C.A. Petri. Both books have been published by Springer. In recent years he has mainly been concerned with the teaching of numerical methods at the University of Bonn, with an emphasis on computer programming.

Reviews for Introduction to the Tools of Scientific Computing

“This book covers a lot of ground, and overall it does so very well. … On nearly every page, the reader can find numerous code snippets … that are explained in great detail. … I can warmly recommend it to my colleagues and STEM students as a welcome resource to help them with this decision tree.” (Andreas Mang, SIAM Review, Vol. 64 (2), June, 2022)