Fortran 95/2003 Explained (Numerical Mathematics and Scientific Computation) - Hardcover

Metcalf, Michael; Reid, John; Cohen, Malcolm

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 019852692X ISBN 13: 9780198526926

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2004

Synopsis

Authored by three leading experts in the development of the language, this is a complete and authoritative description of the two languages (Fortran 95 and Fortran 2003). It is intended for new and existing users of Fortran, and for all those involved in scientific and numerical computing. It is suitable as textbook for teaching and, with its extensive index, as a handy reference for practitioners.

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Review:

Readers who are familiar with Fortran 90/95 Explained by Michael Malcolm and John Reid will be pleased to add Fortran 95/2003 Explained, with the welcome addition of Malcolm Cohen as co-author, to their libraries. As with the previous work, this is a model of clear exposition ... Practitioners will be happy to have this important new book. (ACM Fortran Forum)

About the Author:

Michael Metcalf worked for many years at CERN, Geneva. He is the author of a range of publications, including Fortran 90/95 Explained (with John Reid) and Effective FORTRAN 77 (Oxford University Press), and FORTRAN Optimization (Academic Press). He is the editor of ACM Fortran Forum. John Reid is well known as a numerical analyst and is a co-author of Direct Methods for Sparse Matrices (OUP). He is the Convener of the ISO Fortran Committee and has played a leading role in the development of many of the features of Fortran 95 and 2003. Malcolm Cohen is a mathematician and the leading compiler writer at NAG in Oxford. He has participated actively in the development of Fortran standards and was a major deisgner of Fortran 2003's object-oriented features.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 019852692X
• ISBN 13: 9780198526926
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 440