This concise text introduces numerical analysis as a practical, problem-solving discipline. The three-part presentation begins with the fundamentals of functional analysis and approximation theory. Part II outlines the major results of theoretical numerical analysis, reviewing product integration, approximate expansion methods, the minimization of functions, and related topics. Part III considers specific subjects that illustrate the power and usefulness...

The lovable residents of Kikoriki Island are thrown into big adventure when their local scientist invents an amazing device that is meant to allow people to trade abilities, but actually swaps their personalities! When spineless young Wally tries to use the device to cure his cowardice, he ends up accidentally swapping bodies with a caterpillar! Now he's got more to fear than he ever dreamed, and so do his fellow villagers, as they're dragged into...

Contains: 'Words, Words, Words' and 'What's the Story?' The characters learn how to communicate and to tell a story.

The night before Christmas: Presents the well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor. There was a cold lady who swallowed some snow: The old lady is swallowing everything from snow to a pipe, some coal, a hat, and more! The littlest pumpkin: One by one, all the other pumpkins are chosen to become jack-o'-lanterns, but even though no one buys the Littlest Pumpkin, her Halloween dreams come true.

While on vacation in Los Angeles, Walter and his friends, Gary and Mary, try to raise ten million dollars to save the Muppet Theater from Tex Richman, a business man who wants to demolish the theater in order to drill for oil.