This volume is intended as an introduction into numerical analysis for
students in mathematics, physics, and engineering. Instead of attempting
to exhaustively cover all parts of numerical analysis, the goal is to
guide the reader towards the basic ideas and general principles by way
of considering main and important numerical algorithms. Given the rapid
development of numerical methods, a reasonable introduction to numerical
analysis has to confine itself to presenting a solid foundation by
restricting the presentation to the basic principles and procedures.