The SIAM 100-digit challenge : a study in high-accuracy numerical computing

This book takes readers on a thrilling tour of some of the most important and powerful areas of contemporary numerical mathematics. The tour is organized along the 10 problems of the SIAM 100-Digit Challenge, a contest posed by Nick Trefethen of Oxford University in the January/February 2002 issue o...

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Auteurs principaux : Bornemann Folkmar (Auteur), Laurie Dirk Pieter (Auteur), Wagon Stan (Auteur), Waldvogel Jörg (Auteur)
Autres auteurs : Bailey David H. (Préfacier)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : The SIAM 100-digit challenge : a study in high-accuracy numerical computing / Folkmar Bornemann, Dirk Laurie, Stan Wagon, Jörg Waldvogel; with a foreward by David H. Bailey
Publié : Philadelphia : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics , 2004
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XI-306 p.)
Collection : Other titles in applied mathematics Society for industrial and applied mathematics
Titre de l'ensemble : Other titles in applied mathematics vol. 86
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  • The Story
  • Chapter 1: A Twisted Tail
  • Chapter 2: Reliability amid Chaos
  • Chapter 3: How Far Away Is Infinity?
  • Chapter 4: Think Globally, Act Locally
  • Chapter 5: A Complex Optimization
  • Chapter 6: Biasing for a Fair Return
  • Chapter 7: Too Large to Be Easy, Too Small to Be Hard
  • Chapter 8: In the Moment of Heat
  • Chapter 9: Gradus ad Parnassum
  • Chapter 10: Hitting the Ends
  • Appendix A: Convergence Acceleration
  • Appendix B: Extreme Digit-Hunting
  • Appendix C: Code
  • Appendix D: More Problems