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Jan 25, 2018
Pitched as a first course in a tricky subject
This was totally incomprehensible to me and I've got a maths degree there's no way this is a beginners book or even a undergraduate in math. It's for masters degree level. The book's contents are at a level above my 3-level OU degree course in numerical analysis. Even stuff I thought I understood was impossible for me to understand i.e. the secant method! I managed to get through the beginning on errors relative and absolute and norms then my comprehension of the material diverged and in the end I gave it up as a lost cause.
Nov 19, 2017
fair read for geeks some parts are best skipping over
If you are already developing and/or designing apps using Object Orientated Programming or are very interested in the main crux of the subject then this might be a worthwhile read. It's about the relationship of objects (not the class they are defined in) that are important. Objects are regarded as a black-box, that is their working internals are hidden from other objects. The author uses code taken from Eclipse throughout his book to give examples and the code is all in Java rather than generic code so it might be tricky if you have not familiar with java. You need to wait until chapter 11 before an example to using objects is explained by the coding of an mathematics graphing app. Much of the contents of this book can be skipped in places.
Jan 25, 2018
Accurate as you would expect road atlas good if you are driving somewhere unfamiliar