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Computing numerically with functions instead of numbers

Abstract:
Science and engineering depend upon computation of functions such as flow fields, charge distributions, and quantum states. Ultimately, such computations require some kind of discretization, but in recent years it has become possible in many cases to hide the discretizations from the user. We present the Chebfun system for numerical computation with functions, which is based on a key idea: an analogy of floating-point arithmetic for functions rather than numbers
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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1145/2814847

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Mathematical Institute
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Publisher:
Association for Computing Machinery
Journal:
Communications of the ACM More from this journal
Volume:
58
Issue:
10
Pages:
91-97
Publication date:
2015-10-01
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ISSN:
0001-0782


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pubs:571681
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uuid:2e27c84b-1470-4c2f-9ae4-ec51895565e3
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571681
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2015-11-16
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