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Subject(s)

• Algebras, Linear—History [Browse]
• Matrices—History [Browse]
• Numerical calculations [Browse]
• Numerical analysis [Browse]

Author

• Meurant, Gérard A. [Browse]
• Redivo Zaglia, Michela [Browse]

Publisher

• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics [Browse]

Series

Other titles in applied mathematics. [More in this series]

Restrictions note

Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

Summary note

This expansive volume describes the history of numerical methods proposed to solve linear algebra problems, from antiquity to the present day. In the book, the authors focus on methods for solving linear systems of equations and eigenvalue problems, describe the interplay between numerical methods and the computing tools available at the time, and include 78 biographies of important contributors to the field.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 605-761) and indexes.

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Source of description

Description based on title page of print version.

Contents

• Matrices and their properties
• Elimination methods for linear systems
• Determinants
• Matrix factorizations and canonical forms
• Iterative methods for linear systems
• Eigenvalues and eigenvectors
• Computing machines
• Software for numerical linear algebra
• Miscellaneous topics
• Lives and works.

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Other format(s)

Also available in print version.

ISBN

1-61197-723-1

Publisher no.

OT183

LCCN

2022029259

Doi

• 10.1137/1.9781611977233

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