Table of Contents

Preliminaries: Mathematics Review. Numerics and Error Analysis. Linear Algebra: Linear Systems and the LU Decomposition. Designing and Analyzing Linear Systems. Column Spaces and QR. Eigenvectors. Singular Value Decomposition. Nonlinear Techniques: Nonlinear Systems. Unconstrained Optimization. Constrained Optimization. Iterative Linear Solvers. Specialized Optimization Methods. Functions, Derivatives, and Integrals: Interpolation. Integration and Differentiation. Ordinary Differential Equations. Partial Differential Equations.

About the Author

Justin Solomon is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, where he studies problems in shape analysis, machine learning, and graphics from a geometric perspective. He received a PhD in computer science from Stanford University, where he was also a lecturer for courses in graphics, differential geometry, and numerical methods. Subsequently he served as an NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton’s Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics. Before his graduate studies, he was a member of Pixar’s Tools Research group.

Reviews

"This book covers an impressive array of topics, many of which are paired with a real-world application. Its conversational style and relatively few theorem-proofs make it well suited for computer science students as well as professionals looking for a refresher."
—Dianne Hansford, FarinHansford.com