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In 1993, Prof. L.N. Trefethen published a NA-net posting with a list of thirteen paper he used for teaching the seminar Classic Papers in Numerical Analysis. In Trefethen's words, ... this course ...

To me, as an non-expert in the field, it seems as if numeric mathematics should have lost its importance because nowadays symbolic calculations or calculations with unlimited precision are generally ...

In a nutshell, the Moler and Morrison algorithm is a fast method for calculating euclidean distances in a numerically stable way by using reflections instead of the pythagorean theorem. In order ...