©ASLIB Book Guide, 1997

The book, representing a substantial revision of the successful text 'Numerical Solution of Differential Equations by the Finite Element Method' by C.F. Johnson, provides a thoroughgoing treatise on computational mathematical modelling in which relevant aspects of mathematical analysis are judiciously combined with numerical methods based on Galerkin's method. The topics treated include numerical quadrature, linear algebra, systems of ODES, linear PDEs and applications to a wide variety of problems of mathematical physics. The book is written in an accessible style and is well suited to serve as a basis for courses in mathematics, science and engineering.