Numerical Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations: Initial Value Problems

Numerical Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations: Initial Value Problems
ISBN-10
0857291483
ISBN-13
9780857291486
Series
Numerical Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations
Category
Mathematics
Pages
271
Language
English
Published
2010-11-11
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Authors
David F. Griffiths, Desmond J. Higham

Description

Numerical Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations is a self-contained introduction to a fundamental field of numerical analysis and scientific computation. Written for undergraduate students with a mathematical background, this book focuses on the analysis of numerical methods without losing sight of the practical nature of the subject. It covers the topics traditionally treated in a first course, but also highlights new and emerging themes. Chapters are broken down into `lecture' sized pieces, motivated and illustrated by numerous theoretical and computational examples. Over 200 exercises are provided and these are starred according to their degree of difficulty. Solutions to all exercises are available to authorized instructors. The book covers key foundation topics: o Taylor series methods o Runge--Kutta methods o Linear multistep methods o Convergence o Stability and a range of modern themes: o Adaptive stepsize selection o Long term dynamics o Modified equations o Geometric integration o Stochastic differential equations The prerequisite of a basic university-level calculus class is assumed, although appropriate background results are also summarized in appendices. A dedicated website for the book containing extra information can be found via www.springer.com

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