1951 Computer NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FUTURE by J. H. Curtiss Applied Math #15
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TITLE: Problems for the Numerical Analysis of the Future
AUTHOR: J. H. Curtiss, Chief, National Applied Mathematics Laboratories Institute for Numerical Analysis (U.S.), National Bureau of Standards
PUBLISHER: Washington DC: US Government Printing Office
DATE: 1951
EDITION: Applied mathematics series (Washington, D.C.), No. 15.
DESCRIPTION: iv, 21 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
CONDITION NOTES: VERY GOOD with KEY EXCEPTION: A small portion of first character of front cover title was lifted when and old binding tape was removed. The tape removal also skinning the paper surface along 1" vertical strip from head to tail, front cover spine wards. A previous owner repaired the defect in a sophisticated manner (see the P). Also, there's an owner inscription on cover. Also an added exclamation after the word "Unsolved" in one of the chapter titles. Solid page and cover attachment, and otherwise no marks, creases, or tears.
BINDING: Saddle stitched pamphlet.
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PROVENANCE: Richard Bateman (R. E. Bateman) Early interplanetary navigator at JPL who programmed Ranger, Mariner, and Viking missions using early computer technology.
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Introduction by J. H. Curtiss Chief, National Applied Mathematics Laboratories:
"It has been recognized by many persons engaged in the development of large-scale automatic digital computing equipment that the demands of such machines upon men will be very much greater than the demands of men upon the machines. In other words, skill in the analysis, formulation, and programming of problems will become the controlling factor in the proper use of the computing machines of the future."
Curtiss then reflects on the enthusiasm of the recent (1948) symposia on high-speed automatic computing at UCLA, with 500 attendees and progress reports on development of machinery in the US and Great Britain. The last day included the following four papers, included in this volume.
1. Some Unsolved Problems in Numerical Analysis by Douglas R. Hartree, USN
2. Numerical Calculations in Nonlinear Mechanics by S. Lefschetz, Princeton
3. Wave Propogation in Hydrodynamics and Eletrodynamics by Bernard Friedman, NYU
4. Linear Programming by George B. Dantzig USAF Comptroller.
