 The text is brand new: <em> Introduction to Scientific Computing </em>, by C. Van Loan (Computer Science Department, Cornell University), Prentice-Hall, hence there is a growing <A href="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~deboor/412/errata.ps"> list of errata for the text</A>; also the text may be supplemented here and there by <A HREF = "http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~deboor/412/material.html">additional material </A> (12sep, 19sep, 24sep, 26sep, 01oct, 08oct, 10oct, 15oct, <bb> 17oct, 29oct</bb>). All the <A href="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~deboor/412/m-files.html"> m-files</a> mentioned in the book are available, organized by chapter. Be aware, though, that, on the  <A href="ftp://ftp.cs.cornell.edu/pub/cv/SciCompFiles"> ftp site</A>  mentioned in the book as well as here, all their names begin with a capital letter while, sometimes, their name in the book begins with lower case letter.   <LI>
