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Revised and updated, the third edition of Golub and Van Loan's classic text in computer science provides essential information about the mathematical background and algorithmic skills required for the production of numerical software. This new edition includes thoroughly revised chapters on matrix m[...]

By 2025, twenty-seven cities will have populations greater than ten million - the common measure by which an urban population constitutes a 'megacity.' Some of these megacities will pose the most significant security threat in the coming decades. If countermeasures are not taken soon, P. H. Liotta a[...]

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