Book excerpt: This book is a concise and lucid introduction to computer oriented numerical methods with well-chosen graphical illustrations that give an insight into the mechanism of various methods. The book develops computational algorithms for solving non-linear algebraic equation, sets of linear equations, curve-fitting, integration, differentiation, and solving ordinary differential equations. OUTSTANDING FEATURES • Elementary presentation of numerical methods using computers for solving a variety of problems for students who have only basic level knowledge of mathematics. • Geometrical illustrations used to explain how numerical algorithms are evolved. • Emphasis on implementation of numerical algorithm on computers. • Detailed discussion of IEEE standard for representing floating point numbers. • Algorithms derived and presented using a simple English based structured language. • Truncation and rounding errors in numerical calculations explained. • Each chapter starts with learning goals and all methods illustrated with numerical examples. • Appendix gives pointers to open source libraries for numerical computation.