603 Multivariate Meshfree Approximation

Fall 2003

Instructor: Greg Fasshauer

Class-related Information

Handouts or Worksheets

Additional Sources of Information

• (Numerical) Mathematics
  • Netlib, a collection of mathematical software, papers, and databases
  • Guide to Available Mathematical Software
  • Numerical Recipes, a series of books with code for Numerical Methods
  • The Top 10 Algorithms Index and Papers in Computing in Science & Engineering Volume: 2 Issue: 1 , Jan.-Feb. 2000.
  • "The definition of numerical analysis," (Postscript file) by L. N. Trefethen (Oxford University), appeared in SIAM News, Nov. 1992, reprinted in Bulletin of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, March/April, 1993.
  • Some disasters attributable to bad numerical computing compiled by Douglas Arnold (Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, Minneapolis)
  • Understanding Mathematics: A Study Guide by Peter Alfeld (University of Utah)
  • The Bernstein Bézier Form and Minimal Determining Sets by Peter Alfeld (University of Utah)
  
  
• Matlab
  • Official Matlab Site
  • A Practical Introduction to Matlab (Updated for Matlab 5) by Mark S. Gockenbach or Postscript version
  • Octave, an inexpensive (FREE) alternative to Matlab
• Maple (and alternatives)
  • Official Maple Site
  • A brief guide to Maple (Introductory chapter of Maple Calculus book by James A. Carlson and Jennifer M. Johnson, University of Utah)
  • Alexander Walz's Maple page (in German & English)
  • Maple Info at UT Austin