Editing Numerical Recipes (section)

==Overview==
The ''Numerical Recipes'' books cover a range of topics that include both classical [[numerical analysis]] ([[interpolation]], [[Numerical integration|integration]], [[linear algebra]], [[differential equations]], and so on), signal processing ([[Fast Fourier transform|Fourier methods]], [[Digital filter|filtering]]), statistical treatment of data, and a few topics in [[machine learning]] ([[hidden Markov model]], [[support vector machines]]).  The writing style is accessible and has an informal tone.  The emphasis is on understanding the underlying basics of techniques, not on the refinements that may, in practice, be needed to achieve optimal performance and reliability.  Few results are proved with any degree of rigor, although the ideas behind proofs are often sketched, and references are given. Importantly, virtually all methods that are discussed are also implemented in a [[programming language]], with the code printed in the book. Each variant of the book is keyed to a specific language.

According to the publisher, [[Cambridge University Press]], the ''Numerical Recipes'' books are historically the all-time best-selling books on scientific programming methods.  In recent years, ''Numerical Recipes'' books have been cited in the scientific literature more than 3000 times per year according to [[ISI Web of Knowledge]] (e.g., 3962 times in the year 2008).<ref>[[Thomson Reuters]], [http://www.isiwebofknowledge.com/ Web of Knowledge], Cited Reference Search.</ref> And as of the end of 2017, the book had over 44000 citations on [[Google Scholar]].<ref>[https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?cites=9526883588545811444&as_sdt=2005&sciodt=0,5&hl=en], Google Scholar</ref>