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Index
Descriptor of LUdecomposition, 97
Determinant, 97-98, 118
Diagram, cash flow, 28, 28-44
Discounted cash flow analysis, 39-44
Discounted rate of return, 39
Display format, 45-46, 48
Doolittle method, 97
E
Eigenvalue, 148-160
storage, 159-160
Eigenvector, 149,154-160
Electrostatic field, 59
Endpoint, [7T| sampling at, 46-47, 56
Equations
complex, solving large system, 128-131
equivalent, 9-10
solving inaccurate, 10
solving nonlinear system, 122-128
with several roots, 10
Equipotential line, 89-95
Equivalent equations, 9-10
Error 0,29,196, 199,207
Error 1,162,167
Error 4,29,40
Error 8, 9, 23
Error analysis, backward, 187-211
Error function, 60-64
complementary, 60-64
Error, 173
absolute, 173,182
hierarchy, 178
in matrix elements, 100-101
misconceptions, 172-178
relative, 173,182,183
Example
angle in triangle, 194-199
annuities, 34-39
bridge too short, 174
broken calculator, 172, 175-176
cash flow, 43-44
compound amounts, 34-39