John von Neumann's analysis of Gaussian elimination and the origins of modern numerical analysis

SIAM Review

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 607-682

  Grcar, Joseph F ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Backward error; CFL condition; Computer architecture; Computer arithmetic; Computer programming; Condition number; Decomposition paradigm; Gaussian elimination; History; Matrix norms; Numerical analysis; Rounding error analysis; Stability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY; NUMBER THEORY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

BACKWARD ERROR; CFL CONDITION; COMPUTER ARITHMETIC; CONDITION NUMBERS; GAUSSIAN ELIMINATION; MATRIX NORMS; ROUNDING ERROR ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 79959906956     PISSN: 00361445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/080734716     Document Type: Review

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