Author: Walter Gautschi
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: computation, mathematics, scientific, numerical, approximation, polynomials, orthogonal
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2004-06-17
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0198506724
ISBN-13: 9780198506720

This is the first book on constructive methods for, and applications of orthogonal polynomials, and the first available collection of relevant Matlab codes. The book begins with a concise introduction to the theory of polynomials orthogonal on the real line (or a portion thereof), relative to a positive measure of integration. Topics which are particularly relevant to computation are emphasized. The second chapter develops computational methods for generating the coefficients in the basic three-term recurrence relation. The methods are of two kinds: moment-based methods and discretization meth

Author: Walter Gautschi
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Keywords: mathematics, computation, proceedings, applied, august, symposia, anniversary, century, computational, 50th, symposium
Number of Pages: 643
Published: 1995-01
List price: $105.00
ISBN-10: 0821802917
ISBN-13: 9780821802915

This volume, containing the proceedings of an international conference commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Mathematics of Computation, reflects the unique way in which this journal views computational mathematics as including not only numerical analysis but also computational number theory. Accordingly, the book has two parts, one for each of these two branches. The major purpose of the conference was to take stock of the current state of the field, to reflect on its recent history, and to assess future trends. This is done in substantial survey papers written by recogn

Author: Walter Gautschi
Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston
Keywords: analysis, numerical
Number of Pages: 506
Published: 1997-08-19
List price: $99.00
ISBN-10: 0817638954
ISBN-13: 9780817638955

The term "Numerical Analysis," in this text, means the branch of mathematics that develops and analyzes computational methods dealing with problems arising in classical analysis, approximation theory, the theory of equations, and ordinary differential equations. The topics included in the book are presented with a view toward stressing basic principles and maintaining simplicity and teachability as far as possible. In this sense, the text is an introduction. Topics that, even though important, require a level of technicality that goes beyond the standards of simplicity imposed, are referenced

Authors:Walter Gautschi, Gene H. Golub, Gerhard Opfer,
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Keywords: international, series, numerical, mathematics, march, oberwolfach, computation, orthogonal, polynomials, conference, applications
Number of Pages: 279
Published: 1999-08-13
List price: $179.00
ISBN-10: 3764361379
ISBN-13: 9783764361372

This volume contains a collection of papers dealing with applications of orthogonal polynomials and methods for their computation. The applications address problems in applied mathematics as well as problems in engineering and the sciences. Prominent among the former are least-squares approximations, Gauss and related quadrature, iterative methods in linear algebra, the detection of singularities, and integral equations. Applications of the latter kind include the use of wavelets in medical diagnostics and the relevance of orthogonal polynomials in optimal control, dynamical systems, and gas d

Author: Gustav Gautschi
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: sensorics, piezoelectric
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2002-01-22
List price: $139.00
ISBN-10: 3540422595
ISBN-13: 9783540422594

This book covers the entire field of piezoelectric sensors for mechanical measurands. Scientists, engineers, technicians and students in engineering will find in this book for the first time, a complete overview of these special type of sensors. Extensive practical advice is given throughout the text, allowing the reader to profit from the author’s many years experience. The book offers an overview of the most important piezoelectric materials and their properties as well as a consistent terminology for describing sensors. It contains a description of sensors for force, strain, pressure,

Authors:Jules Verne, Frederick Paul Walter, Walter James Mil
Publisher: Bison Books
Keywords: manuscript, bison, frontiers, imagination, original, verne, hunt, first, english, translation, meteor
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2006-10-01
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0803296347
ISBN-13: 9780803296343

The Meteor Hunt marks the first English translation from Jules Verne’s own text of his delightfully satirical and visionary novel. While other, questionable versions of the novel have appeared—mainly, a significantly altered text by Verne’s son Michel and translations of it—this edition showcases the original work as Verne wrote it. The Meteor Hunt is the story of a meteor of pure gold careening toward the earth and generating competitive greed among amateur astronomers and chaos among nations obsessed with the trajectory of the great golden object. Set primarily in the United States an

Authors:Walter Vielbaum, Robert Townley, Walter Rice, Emilian
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Keywords: san, rail, images, interurban, francisco, mateo
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2005-09-26
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0738530085
ISBN-13: 9780738530086

It’s strange to think that an electric commuter rail line rivaling BART in efficiency, speed, and comfort ran over 100 years ago between San Francisco and San Mateo, but run it did. The 40 Line, or San Mateo Interurban, began in 1892 with an initial segment operating between Market and Steuart Streets out to the county limits on San Jose Avenue. Three years later, the line reached Baden in present-day South San Francisco, and by 1903 service was opened all the way to downtown San Mateo. During the line’s heyday, there was talk of extending it down the peninsula from San Mateo to Pa