The circumference of a sphere is measured to be 24 cm, with a possible error of 0.25 cm. Use the differential \(dV\) to estimate the maximum error in the calculated ...

Mathematics of Computation, Vol. 84, No. 294 (JULY 2015), pp. 1835-1860 (26 pages) The Padé approximation has a long and rich history of theory and application and is known to produce excellent local ...

The area \(A\) of a square of side length \(s\) is \(A=s^2\text{.}\) Suppose \(s\) increases by an amount \(\Delta s=ds\text{.}\) Draw a square and then illustrate ...

Matrix functions, such as the exponential, square root and cosine, play an indispensable role in various fields including quantum mechanics, control theory and numerical solution of differential ...