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Numerical Recipes 3rd Edition

Numerical Recipes 3rd Edition

The Art of Scientific Computing

by William H. Press

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appears in Statistics, Programming, and Technology.

Coauthored by four leading scientists from academia and industry, Numerical Recipes Third Edition starts with basic mathematics and computer science and proceeds to complete, working routines. Widely recognized as the most comprehensive, accessible and practical basis for scientific computing, this new edition incorporates more than 400 Numerical ...

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