Acta Numerica 2015: Volume 24 Acta Numerica Series

Acta Numerica is an annual publication containing invited survey papers by leading researchers in numerical mathematics and scientific computing. The papers present overviews of recent developments in their area and provide state-of-the-art techniques and analysis.

1. Approximation of high-dimensional parametric PDEs Albert Cohen and Ronald DeVore; 2. Generalized barycentric coordinates and applications Michael S. Floater; 3. Solving PDEs with radial basis functions Bengt Fornberg and Natasha Flyer; 4. Multilevel Monte Carlo methods Michael B. Giles; 5. Preconditioning A. J. Wathen.

Arieh Iserles is Professor of Numerical Analysis of Differential Equations at the University of Cambridge.