OuraiminwritingtheoriginaleditionofNumericalRecipeswastoprovideabookthatcombinedgeneraldiscussion,analyticalmathematics,algorithmics,andactualworkingprograms.Thesuccessofthefirsteditionputsusnowinadifficult,thoughhardlyunenviable,position.Wewanted,thenandnow,towriteabookthatisinformal,fearlesslyeditorial,unesoteric,andaboveall