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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
4
Contents
5
Introduction
7
Section 1: Using
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Finding Roots
8
How SOLVE Samples
9
Handling Troublesome Situations
11
Easy Versus Hard Equations
11
Inaccurate Equations
12
Equations with Several Roots
12
Using | SOLVE | with Polynomials
12
Solving a System of Equations
17
Finding Local Extremes of a Function
19
Using the Derivative
19
Using an Approximate Slope
22
Using Repeated Estimation
25
Applications
28
Annuities and Compound Amounts
28
Discounted Cash Flow Analysis
41
Section 2: Working with
47
Numerical Integration Using |7T
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Accuracy of the Function to be Integrated
49
Functions Related to Physical Situations
49
Round-Off Error in Internal Calculations
51
Shortening Calculation Time
51
Subdividing the Interval of Integration
52
Transformation of Variables
56
Calculating Difficult Integrals
57
Application
62
Section 3: Calculating in Complex Mode
67
Using Complex Mode
67
Trignomometric Modes
70
Definitions of Math Functions
70
Arithmetic Operations
71
Single-Valued Functions
71
Multivalued Functions
71
Using | SOLVE | and |7T| in Complex Mode
75
Acuracy in Complex Mode
75
Applications
78
Storing and Recalling Complex Numbers Using a Matrix
78
Calculating the /?Th Roots of a Complex Number
80
Solving an Equation for Its Complex Roots
82
Contour Integrals
87
Complex Potentials
91
Section 4: Using Matrix Operations
98
Understanding the LU Decomposition
98
Ill-Conditioned Matrices and the Condition Number
100
The Accuracy of Numerical Solutions to Linear Systems
105
Making Difficult Equations Easier
106
Scaling
106
Preconditioning 1
109
Least-Squares Calculations
112
Normal Equations
112
Orthogonal Factorization
115
Singular and Nearly Singular Matrices
119
Applications
121
Constructing an Identity Matrix
121
One-Step Residual Correction
121
Solving a System of Nonlinear Equations
124
Solving a Large System of Complex Equations
130
Least-Squares Using Normal Equations
133
Least-Squares Using Successive Rows
142
Eigenvalues of a Symmetric Real Matrix
150
Eigenvectors of a Symmetric Real Matrix
156
Optimization 1
162
Appendix: Accuracy of Numerical Calculations
174
Misconceptions about Errors
174
A Hierarchy of Errors
180
Level 0: no Error
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Level Oo : Overflow/Underflow
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Level 1: Correctly Rounded, or Nearly so
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Level 1C: Complex Level 1
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Level 2: Correctly Rounded for Possibly Perturbed Input 1
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Trigonometric Functions of Real Radian Angles
186
Backward Error Analysis
189
Backward Error Analysis Versus Singularities
194
Summary to here
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Backward Error Analysis of Matrix Inversion
202
Is Backward Error Analysis a Good Idea
206
Index
214
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