Number-crunching [electronic resource] : taming unruly computational problems from mathematical physics to science fiction / Paul J. Nahin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2011.Description: xxvi, 376 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
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  • QC20.7.E4 N34 2011eb
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"A collection of challenging problems in mathematical physics that roar like lions when attacked analytically, but which purr like kittens when confronted by a high-speed electronic computer and its powerful scientific software (plus some speculations for the future from science fiction)."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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