Scientific and Engineering C++: An Introduction with Advanced Techniques and Examples

This work explores the use of C++ and the object-oriented programming style in scientific and engineering programmes. It emphasizes general concepts, systematic ways of using C++ features, advanced techniques and particular styles that help in the writing of object-oriented programs. Examples are drawn from scientific and engineering applications and the concepts, techniques and styles are broadly applicable. The book is organized in three parts. The first part builds a working knowledge of C++. Part Two introduces object-oriented programming and design techniques, emphasizing the various ways to express commonality and abstraction. The last section illustrates co-ordination of advanced C++ features and techniques by developing several examples, including array classes, pointer classes, systems employing abstract algebra, FORTRAN-based matrices, function mapping and data fitting.