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Acknowledgments<br />

These notes were originally prepared during <strong>Fall</strong> quarter 2003 for <strong>UCSD</strong> <strong>Math</strong> <strong>174</strong>, <strong>Numerical</strong><br />

<strong>Methods</strong>. In writing these notes, it was not my intention to add to the glut of <strong>Numerical</strong> Analysis<br />

texts; they were designed to complement the course text, <strong>Numerical</strong> <strong>Math</strong>ematics and Computing,<br />

Fourth edition, by Cheney and Kincaid [7]. As such, these notes follow the conventions of that<br />

text fairly closely. If you are at all serious about pursuing study of <strong>Numerical</strong> Analysis, you should<br />

consider acquiring that text, or any one of a number of other fine texts by e.g., Epperson, Hamming,<br />

etc. [3, 4, 5].<br />

Special thanks go to the students of <strong>Math</strong> <strong>174</strong>, 2003–2004, who suffered through early versions<br />

of these notes, which were riddled with (more) errors.<br />

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