[CSC 335] Textbook Info

[Andrew J. Pounds]

Good morning....

    We are still a week away from classes starting  -- why are you 
already getting e-mail?  There is some information that you need related 
to the textbook for the course.   We will officially be using "Numerical 
Analysis, 10th edition" by Burden, Faires, and Burden.

ISBN-13:  978-1-305-25366-7
ISBN-10:  1-305-25366-3

This is a well respected text that is often regarded as the "standard 
starting point" in the field.  In fact, I used a very early version of 
it myself when I was an undergrad.

Since this text has been around so long there are MANY editions out 
there.  I have personally reviewed and used the seventh, eighth, and 
ninth editions.  Much of the content is the same between the editions 
with minor changes and updates generally occurring with the more 
advanced topics.  They also change and renumber the end of chapter problems.

You will need the text for this class.   The book contains a wealth of 
information, examples, and pseudocode for almost all of the algorithms 
you will be using.   I recommend that you buy the 10th edition from the 
Bookstore (when they get it) or go buy it online.  For those of you that 
are looking to save some money, you could also get by with the eighth or 
ninth edition -- but you must recognize that all references I make in 
class will be related to the 10th edition of the text and the problems I 
will be assigning will be out of the 10th edition of the text.    If you 
choose not to buy the 10th edition then you will have to find someone 
with the 10th edition, copy down the correct problems, and verify that 
references in the problems correlate back to things in prior editions.

If it was me making the purchase, I would get the 10th edition.

That all being said, I will be handing out the first homework set the 
first day of class.  You will have about two weeks to complete it.  Not 
having a text is not a vailid reason for not turning in homework.   
Please plan accordingly.  I also may have one or two copies of earlier 
editions I could part with - let me know if you are interested.


-- 
Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D.  (pounds_aj at mercer.edu)
Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University,  Macon, GA 31207   (478) 301-5627
http://faculty.mercer.edu/pounds_aj

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