<p>"... an introduction to basic topics of numerical analysis which can be covered in a one-semester course for students of Mathematics, Natural Sciences or Engineering. The topics covered include finding roots of nonlinear equations using the bisection method, Newton's method and the secant method; the Gaussian elimination method for solving linear systems; function interpolation and fitting; numerical differentiation and integration; and numerical methods for ordinary differential equations. The methods are introduced and their convergence and stability are discussed in some details. It also includes a chapter on computer number systems and floating point arithmetic. Computer codes written in MATLAB are also included. This book is suitable for undergraduate students and people who begin to learn about numerical analysis. Exercises and computer projects provided at the end of each chapter can help students to practice computational and programming skills."<br />—Trung Thanh Nguyen, in <i>Zentralblatt MATH</i> 1281</p>