NUMERICAL METHODS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS

Known blunders in the book

1.: 26 August 2002: Page 39, Eq. 2.66: First term in the parenthesis should be     n |x_0|     instead of     n

2.: 10 November 2002: Page 579, Eq. 11.64:     f(x_n+...)     should be     f(t_n+...)     (reported by Nirvikar Prasad)

3.: 24 November 2002: Page 469, Eq. 9.145:     T_{2k}     should be     T_{2j}

4.: 27 November 2002: Page 463, Eq. 9.122:     j=0     under the summation sign should be     i=0

5.: 11 August 2005: Page 754, Answer to Problem 20 (ii):     (2+3x^2)/(1+x^2)     should be     (3+4x^2)/(2(1+x^2))

6.: 11 August 2005: Page 754, Answer to Problem 20 (iii):     (3+4x^2)/(1+x^2)     should be     (5+6x^2)/(2(1+x^2))

7.: 15 August 2005: Page 121, Eq. (4.25):     f^{n+1}     should be     f^{(n+1)}

8.: 11 December 2005: Page 182, Eq. (6.21):     (i+1/2)     should be     (i-1/2))     (reported by Nilesh Sutar)

9.: 31 May 2007: Page 563, above Eq. (11.38):     3b_2=3b_{-1}-1=0     should be     3b_2=3b_{-1}-1    

10.: 7 August 2009: Page 38, Eq. (2.63) second part:     \eta_i < ...     should be     |\eta_i| < ...    



11.: 4 November 2009: Page 414, Eq. (9.4)     j=1 < ...     should be     i=1 < ...    



12.: 18 January 2011: Page 661, Eq. (12.60)     dx ...     should be     dt ...    



Last updated on 18 January 2011