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ADVANCED ENGINEERING 4(2010)2, ISSN 1846-5900 BOOK PROMOTION Boris Obsieger NUMERICAL METHODS III APPROXIMATION OF FUNCTIONS Theory and algorithms The series of books Numerical Methods are written primarily for the students on technical universities, but also as a useful handbook for engineers and PhD students. The volume III introduces reader into various types of approximations of functions, which are defined either explicitly or by their values in the distinct set of points, as well as into economisation of existing approximation formulas. The book is divided into five chapters. In the first chapter are briefly explained basic principles of approximations, i.e. approximations near the chosen point (by Maclaurin, Taylor or Padé expansion), principles of approximations with orthogonal series and principles of least squares approximations. In the second chapter are explained various types of least squares polynomial approximations, particularly those by using orthogonal polynomials such as Legendre, Jacobi, Laguerre, Hermite, Zernike and Gram polynomials. Third chapter explains approximations with Fourier series, which are the base for developing approximations with Chebyshev polynomials (fourth chapter). Uniform approximation and further usage of Chebyshev polynomials in the almost uniform approximation, as well as in economisation of existing approximation formulas, are described in fifth chapter. Practical applications of described approximation procedures are supported by 35 algorithms and 30 ex