Contents:
     Glossary of symbols
     Preface
     Acknowledgements
     Contents
  1. Introduction
  2. Sparse matrices: storage schemes and simple operations
  3. Gaussian elimination for dense matrices: the algebraic problem
  4. Gaussian elimination for dense matrices: numerical 
       considerations
  5. Gaussian elimination for sparse matrices: an introduction
  6. Reduction to block truiangular form
  7. Local pivotal strategies for sparse matrices
  8. Ordering sparse matrices to special forms
  9. Implementing Gaussian elimination: ANALYSE with numerical
      values
10. Implementing Gaussian elimination with symbolic ANALYSE
11. Partitioning, matrix modification, and tearing
12. Other sparsity-oriented issues
    Appendix A: Matrix and vector norms
    Appendix B: The LINPACK condition number esdtimate
    Appendix C: Fortran conventions
    Appendix D: Pictures of sparse matrices
    Solutions to selected exercises
    References
    Author index
    Subject index