Scientific Computing

OnLine Resources

Software for Scientific Computing:: Phaser: A Universal Simulator for Dynamical Systems.; Octave. Free (GNU) software.
GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing other numerical experiments using a language that is mostly compatible with Matlab. It may also be used as a batch-oriented language.
Octave has extensive tools for solving common numerical linear algebra problems, finding the roots of nonlinear equations, integrating ordinary functions, manipulating polynomials, and integrating ordinary differential and differential-algebraic equations. It is easily extensible and customizable via user-defined functions written in Octave's own language, or using dynamically loaded modules written in C++, C, Fortran, or other languages.; MATLAB. A popular numerical, particularly linear algebra, software. Check out the tutorials and the free online book by Cleve Moler.; MAPLE. A popular symbolic/scientific computation software.; MATHEMATICA. A popular symbolic/scientific computation software.
JAVA Programming:: Sun's main Java site; The Java Language Specification; Download Java Compiler J2SE v.1.4.2_05 SDK (need SDK, not JRE); Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition Documentation, Version 1.4.2; The Java Tutorial; Download Java Compiler JDK 5.0 Update 6 (need JDK, not JRE); Java JDK 5.0 Documentation
UNIX:: Unix Tutorial for Beginners; The Creation of the UNIX Operating System; Fedora
Windows OS:: XP Powertoys You should download and install CmdHere.exe; SSH Free software for secure communication (SSH)
Mac OS:: Fugu Free software for secure communication (SSH)
Editors:: JEXT: A text editor
for PC, Mac, or UNIX. Windows users: grab jext-install.exe from the download page and (double)click on this file to install it on your system. Mac users: grab jext-install.jar.
History of Computers and Computing:: Computer History Museum; Intel Museum; ENIAC, considered the first programmable computer; The history of numerical analysis and scientific computing -- From SIAM
HTML:: NCSA HTML Tutorials; Writing HTML A tutorial for creating web pages from Maricopa Community Colleges.; HTML Primers; W3C Home Page: Final word on HTML and XHTML specs.
Microprocessors:: Intel Museum; The Invention of the Transistor; Moore's Law (including his original paper); How microprocessors work
How computers and related "stuff" work:: HowStuffWorks: A good resource.; Key Computer Science Topics from Virginia Tech: Number Systems.
TeX, Latex for typesetting technical papers:: Free complete software for Windows OS:; Free TeX documentation - General; Online tutorials for Latex.; Hypertext Help with Latex. A complete Latex reference from NASA.
Floating Point Arithmetic:: Floating Points by C. Moler. An elementary introduction.; Floating Point tolls in MATLAB.; Roundoff error and the Patriot Missile.; What every computer scientist should know about floating-point arithmetic.; Divison Algorithms; Bugs in the Intel Microprocessors.; The Mathematics of the Pentium Division Bug , by A Edelman SIAM Review 39, (1997), 54-67.
Interval Arithmetic:: A Lucid Interval. An elementary introduction to interval arithmetic.; A portal references on Interval Computations.; INTLAB: A free Interval Computations toolbox for MATLAB.; A guide to INTLAB with examples.