David F. Griffiths
Mathematics Division
University of Dundee
Dundee
dfg@maths.dundee.ac.uk
Desmond J. Higham
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow
djh@maths.strath.ac.uk
Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series ISSN 1615-2085
ISBN 978-0-85729-147-9 e-ISBN 978-0-85729-148-6
DOI 10.1007/978-0-85729-148-6
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Mathematics Subject Classification (2010): 65L05, 65L20, 65L06, 65L04, 65L07
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