The first edition of the book has been well-received, that has prompted the authors to produce its second edition with a purpose to empower the reader to develop FORTRAN programs. Assuming the reader has no prior familiarity with programming, the book introduces basic ideas of the problem-solving and FORTRAN programming with applications to various problems in mathematics, physics and statistics. Thus, this book is expected to be useful to the scientific and engineering community where extensive numerical computations are to be performed in these subjects. The present edition includes 58 algorithms, 50 flowcharts and 101 programs, with emphasis on solving non-linear or transcendental equations numerically by different methods. Besides, Euler and RK-4 methods have been used to solve 2' order differential equations treating them as initial value problems. In addition, appendices have been given to introduce computer organization, disk operating system, FORTRAN file management and bugs in programming. Many new problems and short answer type questions have now been added in this edition. alient features . Fundamentals of problem solving . Essential and advanced features of FORTRAN 77 . Algorithms, flowcharts and programs for a large number of problems in Physics, Mathematics and Statistics Contents 1. Fundamentals of Problem Solving 2. Fortran 77: Essential Features 3. Fortran 77: Advanced Features 4. Computer Problems—I 5. Computer Problems—II 6. Computer Problems—Ill, Appendix I : Hardware, Appendix 2 : Software, Appendix 3 : Handling of Fortran Files, Appendix 4 : Program Errors
