Springer Series in 27
Computational
Mathematics
Editorial Board
R. Bank
R.L. Graham
J. Stoer
R. Varga
H. Yserentant
Richard S. Varga
M atrix
Iterative A nalysis
Second Revised and Expanded Edition
With 42 Figures
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Richard S. Varga
Institute of Computational Mathematics
K ent State University
K ent, OH 44242, USA
varga@math.kent.edu
ISSN 0179-3632
ISBN 978-3-540-66321-8 (hardcover) e-ISBN 978-3-642-05156-2
ISBN 978-3-642-05154-8 (softcover)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-05156-2
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Mathematics Subject Classification (1991): 15A60, 15A48, 15A06, 41A21, 41A20, 41A10,
65F10 39A10
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