Numerical analysis: Historical developments in the 20th century (Q2759248)

The articles of this volume will not be indexed individually.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThey appeared in J. Comput. Appl. Math. in the years 2000 and 2001. Contents:NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE\textit{C. Brezinski} and \textit{L. Wuytack} [Numerical analysis in the twentieth centure (1-40; survey article)];NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE\textit{G. A. Watson} [Approximation in normed linear spaces (41-76); J. Comput Appl. Math 121, No. 1-2, 1-36 (2000; Zbl 0964.41020)];NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Y. Nievergelt} [A tutorial history of least squares with applications to astronomy and geodesy (77-112); ibid. 121, No. 1-2, 37-72 (2000; Zbl 0977.65029)];NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE\textit{C. Brezinski} [Convergence acceleration during the 20th century (113-133); ibid. 122, No. 1-2, 1-21 (2000; Zbl 0976.65003)];NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE\textit{M. Gasca} and \textit{T. Sauer} [On the history of multivariate interpolation (135-147); ibid. 122, No. 1-2, 23-35 (2000; Zbl 0968.65008)];NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE\textit{J. J. Dongarra} and \textit{V. Eijkhout} [Numerical linear algebra algorithms and software (149-174); ibid. 123, No. 1-2, 489-514 (2000; Zbl 0965.65049)];NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Y. Saad} and \textit{H. A. van der Vorst} [Iterative solution of linear systems in the 20th century (175-207); ibid. 123, No. 1-2, 1-33 (2000; Zbl 0965.65051)];NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE\textit{G. H. Golub} and \textit{H. A. van der Vorst} [Eigenvalue computation in the 20th century (209-239); ibid. 123, No. 1-2, 35-65 (2000; Zbl 0965.65057)];NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE\textit{T. Yamamoto} [Historical developments in convergence analysis for Newton's and Newton-like methods (241-263); ibid. 124, No. 1-2, 1-23 (2000; Zbl 0965.65075)];NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE\textit{S. G. Nash} [A survey of truncated-Newton methods (265-279); ibid. 124, No. 1-2, 45-69 (2000; Zbl 0969.65054)];NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE\textit{R. Cools}, \textit{I. P. Mysovskikh} and \textit{H. J. Schmid} [Cubature formulae and orthogonal polynomials (281-312); ibid. 127, No. 1-2, 121-152 (2001; Zbl 0982.41016)];NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE\textit{D. P. Laurie} [Computation of Gauss-type quadrature formulas (313-329); ibid. 127, No. 1-2, 201-217 (2001; Zbl 0980.65021)];NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE\textit{K. Stüben} [A review of algebraic multigrid (331-359); ibid. 128, No. 1002, 281-309 (2001; Zbl 0979.65111)];NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE\textit{V. Thomée} [From finite differences to finite elements: A short history of numerical analysis of partial differential equations (361-414); ibid. 128, No. 1-2, 1-54 (2001; Zbl 0977.65001)];NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE\textit{C. T. H. Baker} [A perspective on the numerical treatment of Volterra equations (415-447); ibid. 125, No. 1-2, 217-249 (2000; Zbl 0976.65121)];NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE\textit{J. C. Butcher} [Numerical methods for ordinary differential equations in the 20th century (449-477); ibid. 125, No. 1-2, 1-29 (2000; Zbl 0969.65063)];NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE\textit{C. T. H. Baker} [Retarded differential equations (479-505); ibid. 125, No. 1-2, 309-325 (2000; Zbl 0970.65079)].