Numerical Toolbox for Verified Computing I: Basic Numerical Problems Theory, Algorithms, and Pascal-Xsc Programs: v. 21 (Springer Series in Computational Mathematics) - Hardcover

Hammer, Rolf; Hocks, Matthias; Kulisch, Ulrich W.; Ratz, Dietmar

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540571183 ISBN 13: 9783540571186

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 1993

Synopsis

As suggested by the title of this book Numerical Toolbox for Verified Computing, we present an extensive set of sophisticated tools to solve basic numerical problems with a verification of the results. We use the features of the scientific computer language PASCAL-XSC to offer modules that can be combined by the reader to his/her individual needs. Our overriding concern is reliability - the automatic verification of the result a computer returns for a given problem. All algorithms we present are influenced by this central concern. We must point out that there is no relationship between our methods of numerical result verification and the methods of program verification to prove the correctness of an imple~entation for a given algorithm. This book is the first to offer a general discussion on · arithmetic and computational reliability, · analytical mathematics and verification techniques, · algorithms, and · (most importantly) actual implementations in the form of working computer routines. Our task has been to find the right balance among these ingredients for each topic. For some topics, we have placed a little more emphasis on the algorithms. For other topics, where the mathematical prerequisites are universally held, we have tended towards more in-depth discussion of the nature of the computational algorithms, or towards practical questions of implementation. For all topics, we present exam­ ples, exercises, and numerical results demonstrating the application of the routines presented.

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Synopsis

Numerical Toolbox for Verified Computing presents an exten- sive set of sophisticated tools to solve basic numerical problems with a verification of the results using the featu- res of the scientific computer language PASCAL-XSC. The overriding concern of this book is reliability - the automa- tic verification of the result a computer returns for a gi- ven problem. This book is the first to offer a general dis- cussion on arithmetic and computational reliability, analy- tical mathematics and verification techniques, algorithms, and (most importantly) actual implementations in the form of working computer routines. In each chapter, examples, exer- cises, and numerical results demonstrate the application of the routines presented. The book introduces many computatio- nal verification techniques. It is not assumed that the rea- der has any prior formal knowledge of numerical verification or any familiarity with interval analysis. The necessary concepts are introduced. Some of the subjects that the book covers in detail are not usually found in standard numerical analysis texts.

This book is intended primarily as a refe- rence text for anyone wishing to apply, modify, or develop routines to obtain mathematically certain and reliable re- sults. It can also be used as a textbook for an advanced course in scientific computation with automatic result veri- fication.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 3540571183
• ISBN 13: 9783540571186
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 354