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Reviews of NUMERICAL MATHEMATICS 1st ed.

by A. Quarteroni, R. Sacco and F. Saleri Springer, 1st ed., 2000 “I found many of the examples to be quite interesting. I find no fault with any of the theoretical portions of the text. The authors are quite thorough in their discussion of the theory underlying each of the […]

Reviews of NUMERICAL MATHEMATICS

by A. Quarteroni, R. Sacco and F. Saleri Springer, 2nd ed., 2007 This book provides the mathematical foundations of numerical methods and demonstrates their performance on examples, exercises and real-life applications. This is done using the MATLAB software environment, which allows an easy implementation and testing of the algorithms for […]

Perchè la matematica?

A cosa serve la matematica e perchè studiarla? Alfio Quarteroni, professore al Politecnico di Milano e al Politecnico di Losanna, risponde a queste domande, presentando la matematica come uno strumento vivo e attuale per affrontare grandi e piccoli problemi di grande attualità. (Courtesy RAI-Radiotelevisione Italiana)