MATLAB

I found glaring errors starting on page 1. I emailed the author for clarification who agreed that his nomenclature was unclear and misleading (come on Professor, we call them mistakes, errata, etc.). The first chapter is available in his web site, go see for yourself. You'll also find a page of errata, which unfortunately is far from complete. My colleagues and I desperately tried to get Professor Trefethen to clarify his nomenclature, which he quite arrogantly dismissed. His matlab code seems to execute fine, but you'll likely spend a good deal of time dissecting it. Any programmer who must use someone elses code despises poorly commented and optimized code. This book just isn't a good place to start for spectral methods or matlab.

The author achieves the hard task of explaining the subject in a very simple and, at the same time, intelligent way. The MATLAB m-files are short, educative and full of useful tricks. The book is well motivated, focused in the essentials and easy to read. I am very fond of most of Prof. Trefethen writings and this book is no disappoitment. It contrasts starkly with the lack of mathematical insight in most of the engineering collocation literature, but at the same time has a hands-on approach to the problems. This book should be useful to anybody interested in solving PDE in regular geometries.

Very basic, but quite useful for the mechanical engineers. It would be helpful, if you want to learn 'matlab' as a mechanical engineer.

I am a big fan of MATLAB, and this is a good book, therefore, this book seems perfect for a Computational Sciences Survey course for undergraduates. Professionals, such as engineers or mathmematicians, can use this book to learn how easy it is to use Maple and MATLAB.

The topics are diverse, and are not systematic, which I consider to be a strength for this type of book. The writing is concise and direct.

The book is written primarily by Swiss and Czech authors; some minor grammer and puncuation errors exist and the references list many non-english titles. I think this is a strength: it is important to realize the international nature of Compuational Science.

it has a good teaching method for students