A Journey Through The History Of Numerical Linear Algebra

Download or read book A Journey through the History of Numerical Linear Algebra written by Claude Brezinski and published by SIAM. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 813 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This expansive volume describes the history of numerical methods proposed for solving linear algebra problems, from antiquity to the present day. The authors focus on methods for linear systems of equations and eigenvalue problems and describe the interplay between numerical methods and the computing tools available at the time. The second part of the book consists of 78 biographies of important contributors to the field. A Journey through the History of Numerical Linear Algebra will be of special interest to applied mathematicians, especially researchers in numerical linear algebra, people involved in scientific computing, and historians of mathematics.