Numerical Methods in Engineering with Python is a text for engineering students and a reference for practicing engineers, especially those who wish to explore the power and efficiency of Python. Examples and applications were chosen for their relevance to real world problems, and where numerical solutions are most efficient. Numerical methods are discussed thoroughly and illustrated with problems involving both hand computation and programming. Computer code accompanies each method and is available on the book web site. This code is made simple and easy to understand by avoiding complex bookkeeping schemes, while maintaining the essential features of the method. Python was chosen as the example language because it is elegant, easy to learn and debug, and its facilities for handling arrays are unsurpassed. Moreover, it is an open-source software package; free and available to all students and engineers. Explore numerical methods with Python, a great language for teaching scientific computation. Being familiar with python is necessary for this volume, but the concepts used are simple. The description of the numerical methods is complete, but a comparison of methods is not always present leaving an inexperienced analyst to wonder which method is the best for a given situation. Python is also not the most efficient language for numerical computation, but is a good linker and with cython it can become a viable option. Overall I recommend this book for learning numerical methods as you will not be tangled in the programming language, but learning numerical methods. "Numerical Methods in Engineering with Python is a text for engineering students and a reference for practicing engineers, especially those who wish to explore the power and efficiency of Python. The choice of numerical methods was based on their relevance to engineering problems. Every method is discussed thoroughly and illustrated with problems involving both hand computation and programming. Computer code accompanies each method and is available on the book web site."--BOOK JACKET Numerical Methods in Engineering with Python is a text for engineering students and a reference for practicing engineers. The numerous examples and applications were chosen for their relevance to real world problems, and where numerical solutions are most efficient. The Python code is available on the book web site. Includes index.Electronic reproduction.Boulder, Colo. :NetLibrary,2005.Available via World Wide Web.Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.
