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* Insurance companies use numerical programs for [[Actuary|actuarial]] analysis.
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The field of numerical analysis predates the invention of modern computers by many centuries. [[Linear interpolation]] was already in use more than 2000 years ago. Many great mathematicians of the past were preoccupied by numerical analysis,<ref name="20c"/> as is obvious from the names of important algorithms like [[Newton's method]], [[Lagrange polynomial|Lagrange interpolation polynomial]], [[Gaussian elimination]], or [[Euler's method]]. The origins of modern numerical analysis are often linked to a 1947 paper by [[John von Neumann]] and [[Herman Goldstine]],<ref name="watson" /><ref>
{{cite book |editor1-link=Adhemar Bultheel |editor1-first=Adhemar |editor1-last=Bultheel |editor2-first=Ronald |editor2-last=Cools |title=The Birth of Numerical Analysis |volume=10 |publisher= World Scientific |date=2010 |isbn=978-981-283-625-0 |url={{GBurl|pKZpDQAAQBAJ|pg=PR17}} }}
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