Java Number Cruncher: The Java Programmer's Guide to Numerical ComputingMak introduces Java programmers to numerical computing. This book contains clear, non-theoretical explanations of practical numerical algorithms, including safely summing numbers, finding roots of equations, interpolation and approximation, numerical integration and differentiation, and matrix operations, including solving sets of simultaneous equations. |
Contents
How Wholesome Are the Integers? | 19 |
The FloatingPoint Standard | 33 |
Iterative Computations | 71 |
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Java Number Cruncher: The Java Programmer's Guide to Numerical Computing Ronald Mak Limited preview - 2003 |
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AlignRight ar.print ar.println arithmetic BigDecimal BigFunctions BigInteger binary boolean Buffon's needle Chapter column ColumnVector compute Constructor converged data points DataPoint denormalized differential equation digits fixed-point iteration float value formula fraction function f(x Hilbert matrix implements import number integer interactive version interval Java Julia set Kahan Summation Algorithm linear Listing LU decomposition matrix method multiply NaN NaN NaN nCols Newton's algorithm nRows Output package numbercruncher.mathutils pivot polynomial polynomial interpolation prime numbers private float private static final private void probably prime public class public float public static void public void random number regula falsi regula falsi algorithm Reset return the value Root Finder root-finding algorithm ROUND_HALF_EVEN roundoff errors RowVector running sum significand solution solve SquareMatrix startTime static final int static void main(String String summation System.out.println Taylor series throws MatrixException trapezoidal unbiased exponent value vector version of Program void main(String args x₁ xFalse xNeg xPos