Concise Numerical Mathematics

Concise Numerical Mathematics
Author: Robert Plato
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2003
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780821834145

"The book is suitable as a text for a first course in numerical methods for mathematics students or students in neighboring fields, such as engineering, physics, and computer science. In general, the author assumes only a knowledge of calculus and linear algebra."--BOOK JACKET.

A Concise History of Mathematics

A Concise History of Mathematics
Author: Dirk Jan Struik
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1967
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780486602554

This compact, well-written history covers major mathematical ideas and techniques from the ancient Near East to 20th-century computer theory, surveying the works of Archimedes, Pascal, Gauss, Hilbert, and many others. "The author's ability as a first-class historian as well as an able mathematician has enabled him to produce a work which is unquestionably one of the best." — Nature.