The textbook is an expansion of Explorations in Numerical Analysis that includes new chapters covering topics from machine learning. It is intended for advanced undergraduate and early graduate students, with a focus on the connections between numerical analysis and machine learning.Topics covered include computer arithmetic, error analysis, solution of systems of linear equations by direct and iterative methods, least squares problems, eigenvalue problems, nonlinear equations, opt...

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