Introduction to Scientific Computing: A Matrix-Vector Approach Using MATLAB (2nd Edition)
Author: Charles F. Van Loan
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ISBN: 0139491570
Publisher: Prentice Hall (07 July, 1999)
Sales Rank: 352,641
Average Customer Rating: 1.38 out of 5
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Rating: 1 out of 5
The worst book
This is probably the worst book in Scientific computation. This book doesnot explain any topic in depth. It's a waste of money to buy this book.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Whomever reviewed this text positively is an idealistic tool
Pavlov's dogs could have been trained to write a better textbook on Matlab computing then the author has done. In fact, I believe this book was written and produced by 1,000 monkeys instead of an esteemed Cornell professor. The examples in the book rarely work and I believe that any careful reader will realize that anyone who gives this book a positive review is a complete tool that probably has nothing better to do than to make excuses for his domestic partner's poor job at crafting such an overpriced waste of tree pulp. It seems to me that professors @ Cornell should stay out of the publishing industry because they just can't seem to get anything right. As for the positive reviewers of this text, I believe they should get some of that South African homegrown Viagra "on tap" and have "a thought-provoking and exciting" time for once in their sad sad lives.
Rating: 1 out of 5
This book is an embarrrassment.
I am in the professors class and the lectures are just as incomprehensible as the book. This book uses mathematics to obscure mathematical concepts beyond recognizability. Its unfortunate that this book has wiped out any interest I might have had in numerical analysis. It is not a good reference for anything except for how to write a terrible book. Specifically, the code doesn't make sense and is often inconsistent, the explanations are scanty, typos are abundant, and any knowledge to be had is lost in the muddle. Don't bother with thisbook.
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