Presessional Reading List#
This page collects written material which may be useful before the course starts. Some of the online links below require you to authenticate using your Imperial institutional log in, so will only work once you have enrolled with the College.
Modern Programming Methods#
A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python, by Hans Petter Langtangen
Algorithms, by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne
Bits and bugs, by Thomas Huckle and Tobias Neckel (use “Access via your institution” to access the full text once you have enrolled)
Computational Mathematics#
Practical Numerical Methods with Python by Lorena Barba, Ian Hawke and Bernard Knappen
Numerical Methods in Engineering with Python 3 by Jaan Kiusalaas (use “Access via your institution” to access the full text once you have enrolled)
A First Course in the Numerical Analysis of Differential Equations by Arieh Iserles
Numerical Linear Algebra by Lloyd N. Trefethen & David Bau III
Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics by Joel Ferziger and Milovan Peric
Fundamentals of Engineering Numerical Analysis by Parviz Moin
Finite Volume Methods for Hyperbolic Problems by Randall LeVeque
Finite Elements & Fast Iterative Solvers: with Applications in Incompressible Fluid Dynamics by Howard Elman, David Silvester & Andy Wathen
Deep Learning#
Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning by Christoper M. Bishop
Deep Learning by Iann Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio and Aaron Courville
Modelling and Numerical Methods#
An Introduction to Continuum Mechanics by J. N. Reddy
Principles of Continuum Mechanics by J. N. Reddy
Introduction to Continuum Mechanics by W.M. Lai, D. Rubin and E. Krempl
Introduction to Applied Linear Algebra by Stephen Boyd and Lieven Vandenberghe
Inversion and Optimization#
Numerical Optimization by Jorge Nocedal & Stephen J. Wright
Iterative Methods for Linear and Nonlinear Equations by C. T. Kelley
Iterative Methods for Optimization by C. T. Kelley
Advanced Programming/Patterns for Parallel Programming#
C++ Primer by Stanley Lippman, Josee Laioie and Barbara E. Moo (Sign in with your Imperial College email credentials to access the full text)
A Tour of C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup (Sign in with your Imperial College email credentials to access the full text)
Programming - Principles and Practice Using C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup (Sign in with your Imperial College email credentials to access the full text)