Product Description

In addition to being an introduction to C++, this text also provides clear explanations of the basics of numerical methods, and is unique for its coverage of numerical methods used in scientific and engineering computation. In addition there is a general discussion of some of the basic paradigms for writing good programs and detecting errors. The result is a brief yet comprehensive treatment of the subject.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #494503 in Books
• Published on: 1998-08-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Customer Reviews

Good basic introduction to Numerical Methods in C++
If you are looking for the very basic intro to numerical methods and already have some or even thorough knowledge of C++, then this may be a book for you. Also, if you have no C++ background but come from math or physics background and need a quick way to learn C++ to start coding, you will find this book a valuable jump start.

The strong points of this book are: it explains the actual numerical methods mathematically before introducing the code; complexity of C++ is gradually increased with each chapter; and it gives plenty of exercises at the end of each chapter to practise.

The weakest points would be the lack of in-depth coverage of pointers and memory manipulation, and rather superficial coverage of inheritance. But, the authors don't claim that the book will go over advance C++ at all. So, they deliver exactly what is promised in the preface.

Not bad but a shame that OOP topics relegated to the end.
A generally useful book for syntax etc but it is a real shame that the disscussion of classes is tucked away at the back (making it appear almost a peripheral feature of the language in the context of scientific programming).