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William J. Thompson
Chichester
Brisbane
Toronto
Singapore
CONTENTS
A2
A2.1
A2.2
A2.3
A2.4
Hyperbolic functions
15
18
A2.6
19
20
A3.1
21
23
23
xv
xvi
Contents
A3.2
A3.3
A3.4
A3.5
T h e binomial approximation
33
The binomial approximation derived; Interpreting the binomial
approximation; Applying the binomial approximation
A3.6
35
36
39
A4
A4.1
A4.2
Numerical noise
41
Round-off error; Truncation error; Unstable problems and
unstable methods; Subtractive cancellation; Numerical evaluation
of polynomials
A4.3
Approximation of derivatives
47
Forward-difference derivatives; Central-difference derivatives;
Error estimates for numerical derivatives; Numerical second
derivatives
A4.4
Numerical integration
51
Trapezoid formula; The Simpson formula; Comparing trapezoid
and Simpson formulas
A4.5
54
Contents
A4.6
A4.7
68
71
A5
Fourier Expansions
73
A5.1
A5.2
A5.3
A5.4
A5.5
87
A5.6
88
A5.7
xviii
A5.8
Contents
A fast Fourier transform algorithm
93
Derivation of FFT algorithm; Reordering the FFT coefficients;
Comparing FFT with conventional transforms
Problems on Fourier expansions
98
100
A6
A6.1
A6.2
A6.3
A6.4
A6.5
A6.6
101
123
128
Contents
A7
130
A7.2
A7.3
A7.4
A7.5
A7.6
A7.7
136
158
162
A8
163
A8.1
A8.2
xx
Contents
i
A8.3
Satellite orbits
169
Inverse-square force differential equations; Analytic solution of
orbit equations; Some geometry of ellipses; Relation of period to
axes: Kepler's third law
A8.4
A8.5
175
178
180
L2
L2.1
185
L2.2
L3
L3.1
192
193
Contents
L3.2
194
differentiation techniques
References on numerical derivatives
197
L4
198
L4.1
L4.2
L4.3
210
L5
212
L5.1
L5.2
L5.3
219
L5.4
xxi
xxii
Contents
L6
Monte-Carlo Simulations
L6.1
223
walk
L6.2
L6.3
L6.4
238
L7
239
L7.1
L7.2
249
L8
250
L8.1
L8.2
250
Contents
L8.3
257
263
L9
265
L9.1
Introduction to encephalograplry
266
What is an EEG? Salmon EEG and socioeconomics;
The clinical record; Fourier analysis program structure
L9.2
L9.3
L9.4
L10
283
285
xxiii
xxiv
Contents
Lll
296
298
INDEX
313
310