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Analog Computer Fundamentals: With an Introduction to Matrix Programming Methods
A 1962 instructional textbook by Silvio O. Navarro, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of the Computing Center at the University of Kentucky, covering analog computer fundamentals and matrix programming methods. The text introduces basic analog building blocks (potentiometers, operational amplifiers, adders, integrators, function generators, multipliers), techniques for solving ordinary and partial differential equations on analog computers, machine components and patching, and an advanced chapter on matrix-based programming methods for systematic problem setup. Produced under the Ford Foundation Project on the Use of Computers in Engineering Education and distributed through Wadsworth Publishing Company.