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The argument is advanced that spreadsheet programs operating on microcomputers have a significant role to play in the teaching of numerical analysis. They offer a simple and direct means of programming numerical computations which is more powerful than a pocket calculator but quicker and more flexible than conventional high level language programming. In addition the spreadsheet concepts offers significant pedagogical advantages in the exploration of numerical methods. The argument is illustrated using some examples drawn from the field of numerical linear algebra.
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