Question

Difference between numerical linear algebra and computational math

Answer 1

Numerical linear algebra is the study of algorithms for performing linear algebracomputations, most notably matrixoperations, on computers. It is often a fundamental part of engineering and computational science problems, such as image and signal processing, telecommunication, computational finance, materials science simulations, structural biology, data mining, bioinformatics, fluid dynamics, and many other areas. Such software relies heavily on the development, analysis, and implementation of state-of-the-art algorithms for solving various numerical linear algebra problems, in large part because of the role of matrices in finite difference and finite element methods.

We now have theoretical, applied, and "computational" science. What is the parallel in math? A search for Computational Mathematician in Google produces a few hits.Computational is a wqay of representing and attempting certain types of both pure and applied problems. One might argue that it is a new component or way of looking at math.