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Complexity theory and numerical analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2008

Steve Smale
Steve Smale
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Department of MathematicsCity University of Hong KongHong Kong E-mail: masmale@math.cityu.edu.hk
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Complexity theory of numerical analysis is the study of the number of arithmetic operations required to pass from the input to the output of a numerical problem.

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Acta Numerica , Volume 6 , January 1997 , pp. 523 - 551
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