[R] Numerical Methods Course

[Matt Shotwell]

TGS,

Given that you have to pay an outrageous $155.86 for that book, it seems
reasonable to look for a free environment for numerical computing (like
R!). If your instructor says that such a variety of programming
languages would work, you could probably make a good argument to use R.
But why not just ask your instructor?

If your instructor insists on MATLAB, you could also consider using GNU
Octave, a free MATLAB clone.

-Matt

On Tue, 2010-08-10 at 10:55 -0400, TGS wrote:
> I want to take this numerical methods course where the text is http://www.amazon.com/Numerical-Methods-J-Douglas-Faires/dp/0534407617 . The instructor recommends MATLAB, but states Fortran, C, Mathematica, or Maple will also do the job.
> 
> Will R do the job as well?
> 
> If not, where do you think it will be lacking in the context of this book/course.
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Matthew S. Shotwell
Graduate Student 
Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Medical University of South Carolina