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Computer Science 349A Handout Number 1

Numerical analysis is the study of algorithms for approximating solutions to problems involving continuous mathematics. These problems cannot be solved exactly due to limitations of digital computers like finite precision arithmetic. Numerical analysis is concerned with developing accurate and efficient approximation algorithms for problems in science, engineering, and other applications involving continuous models.

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Computer Science 349A Handout Number 1

Numerical analysis is the study of algorithms for approximating solutions to problems involving continuous mathematics. These problems cannot be solved exactly due to limitations of digital computers like finite precision arithmetic. Numerical analysis is concerned with developing accurate and efficient approximation algorithms for problems in science, engineering, and other applications involving continuous models.

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COMPUTER SCIENCE 349A Handout Number 1 NUMERICAL ANALYSIS is the study of algorithms for solving problems of continuous mathematics.

key words: continuous mathematics -- means that real or complex variables are involved -- the floating-point representation of real/complex numbers in digital computers is not exact, thus only approximate solutions can be computed: concept of roundoff error algorithms -- most problems of continuous mathematics cannot be solved exactly by finite algorithms using the basic arithmetic operations + - * / (for example, roots of polynomials, problems involving differentiation or integration) -- implication: the algorithms used to solve these problems would not give the exact solution even if exact arithmetic were used: concept of truncation error Numerical Analysis is concerned with accurate, efficient approximation of solutions to problems of continuous mathematics. -- applications: most problems in science and engineering; also graphics, image processing, models of computer networks, biological systems, etc. One aspect of numerical analysis: the study of errors.

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