Applied Numerical Methods: With MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists

by Steven C. Chapra

Book Overview

Steven Chapra's Applied Numerical Methods with MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists with MATLAB, third edition, is written for engineering and science students who want to learn and apply numerical... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 007313290X
• ISBN13: 9780073132907
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Length: 588 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.5" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

A good book to help you code numerical methods in MATLAB

I use this book. It is very short, but well written. If you want to learn numerical methods - Use Burden & Faires. But this book is for the end - user of the MATLAB numerical methods. It also gives some background info on these methods.

Wasn't the book described

The description given about the book did not correspond with the book I received. The book I received was not a hardcover nor was it the 550 pages as described. It was the paperback version that contained 384 pages. However, regardless of being paperback rather than hardcover, it was still the same book I needed. I ordered it on thursday, and received it on monday. The shipping was extremely fast and I'm very happy about it, because I needed this book ASAP to do my studies. And the price of the book couldn't be beat, I practically saved 60 bucks for a new book.

Great Book

This is a well-written book that provides a nice, concise introduction to numerical methods. As with other books by this author, it is very student friendly and should be particularly useful for people, like myself, who use it for self-study. I was not familiar with MATLAB prior to using the book. This book made it relatively easy for me to pick up the fundamentals and then implement numerical solutions. As a computer scientist, I also liked the emphasis placed on the development of M-files. My only criticism is that I wish the book covered more material. I hope that the author expands it in future editions.