"Numerical Computing with Matlab is a textbook for an introductory course in numerical methods, Matlab, and technical computing. The emphasis is on the informed use of mathematical software; in particular, the presentation helps readers learn enough about the mathematical functions in Matlab to use them correctly, appreciate their limitations, and modify them appropriately. The book makes extensive use of computer graphics, including interactive graphical expositions of numerical algorithms. It provides more than 70 M-files, which can be downloaded from the text Web site. Many of the more than 200 exercises involve modifying and extending these programs."--BOOK JACKET.