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Heath, Michael Thomas was born on December 11, 1946.
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Heath 2/e, presents a broad overview of numerical methods for solving all the major problems in scientific computing, including linear and nonlinear equations, least squares, eigenvalues, optimization, interpolation, integration, ordinary and partial differential equations, fast Fourier transforms, and random number generators. The treatment is comprehensive yet concise, software-oriented yet compatible with a variety of software packages and programming languages. The book features more than 160 examples, 500 review questions, 240 exercises, and 200 computer problems. Changes for the second edition include: expanded motivational discussions and examples; formal statements of all major algorithms; expanded discussions of existence, uniqueness, and conditioning for each type of problem so that students can recognize "good" and "bad" problem formulations and understand the corresponding quality of results produced; and expanded coverage of several topics, particularly eigenvalues and constrained optimization. The book contains a wealth of material and can be used in a variety of one- or two-term courses in computer science, mathematics, or engineering. Its comprehensiveness and modern perspective, as well as the software pointers provided, also make it a highly useful reference for practicing professionals who need to solve computational problems.
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This is a broad overview of numerical methods and software for students and professionals in computer-related disciplines who need to solve mathematical problems. An emphasis is placed on the practical techniques available for solving particular problems.
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Heath, Michael Thomas was born on December 11, 1946.
Michael Heath earned his Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from the University of Kentucky in 1968. In 1974, Heath earned his Master of Surgery in Mathematics from the University of Tennessee. Heath earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science from Stanford University in 1978.
His Doctor of Philosophy dissertation was entitled Numerical Algorithms for Nonlinearly Constrained Optimization and was completed under the direction of Gene Golub.
He is the director of the Center for the Simulation of Advanced Rockets, a Department of Energy-sponsored computing center at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, and the former Fulton Watson Copp Professor of Computer Science at UIUC. He became an emeritus professor in 2012. Heath is the author of Scientific Computing: An Introductory Survey, an introductory text on numerical analysis. Prior to his work with the University of Illinois, Michael Heath spent a number of years at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Heath joined Oak Ridge in 1968 as a Scientific Applications Programmer, and he became a Eugene P. Wigner Postdoctoral Fellow in 1978.
Michael Heath served as an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the University of Tennessee from 1988 to 1991. In 1991, Heath joined the University of Illinois, where he soon became a Senior Research Scientist with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
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Fellow: Society Industrial & Applied Mathematics (council member), Association Computing Machinery, American Institute Aeronautics & Astronautics (associate). Member: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (Taylor L. Booth Education award 2009), Mathematics Association America, American Mathematics Society, European Academy of Sciences.