THE AUTOMATIC CONSTRUCTION OF CONTOUR PLOTS WITH APPLICATIONS TO NUMERICAL ANALYSIS RESEARCH.

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to describe a computer program for constructing a contour plot of a function of two variables. A mathematical description and error analysis of the method used by the program is described in Chapter II. Appendix A consists of a program writeup which describes how to use the program to draw contour plots for any function for which function values are available or can be computed. In Chapter III the program is used to minimize the spectral radius and spectral norm of some matrices associated with the method of successive overrelaxation. Chapter IV contains examples of the use of the program for functions arising in the fields of astronomy and geology. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0478237

Entities

People

  • James A. Downing

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Astronomy
  • Automatic
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Construction
  • Error Analysis
  • Errors
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Numerical Analysis

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Geodesy
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