Definition:Numerical Analysis/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Numerical Analysis
As a result of the development since the middle of the $20$th century of the electronic computer, the discipline of numerical analysis has greatly increased in importance.
It is now possible to directly model the behaviour of an artefact by simulation to a high level of accuracy.
Sources
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): numerical differentiation