Bøger af Nicholas J. Higham

A prominent scholar explores King Arthur's historical development, proposing that he began as a fictional character developed in the ninth century

This third edition of MATLAB Guide completely revises and updates the best-selling second edition and is more than 25 per cent longer. The book remains a lively, concise introduction to the most popular and important features of MATLAB and the Symbolic Math Toolbox.

Provides advice on all aspects of scientific writing, with a particular focus on writing mathematics. The readable style and handy format, coupled with an extensive bibliography and comprehensive index, make this book ideal for everyone from undergraduates to seasoned professionals.

A thorough, up-to-date treatment of the behaviour of numerical algorithms in finite precision arithmetic. The book combines algorithmic derivations, perturbation theory, and rounding error analysis, all enlivened by historical perspective and informative quotations.

An exploration of the landscape of Anglo-Saxon England, particularly through the prism of place-names and what they can reveal.

The only book devoted exclusively to matrix functions, this research monograph gives a thorough treatment of the theory of matrix functions and numerical methods for computing them. Its wide-ranging content makes it useful as a general reference in numerical linear algebra.