CSC 427 - Introduction to Numerical Analysis I
Catalog Description:Theory and practice of computational procedures including approximation of functions by interpolating polynomials, numerical differentiation and integration, and solution of ordinary differential equations including both initial value and boundary value problems. Computer applications and techniques.
Contact Hours:
- Lecture: 3 hours
Co-requisites: None
Restrictions: None
Coordinator:
Textbook: None
Course Outcomes:
Specific outcomes of instruction:
- Motivate students to dare their creativity.
- Introduce students to modern world applications through computer-aided calculation, which in addition to advancing knowledge, might lead to higher level of interest in the computational mathematics.
Student outcomes addressed:
- an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
Topics:
- Error Analysis
- System of linear equations - Direct approach
- System of linear equations - Iterative approach
- Least squares problems
- Algebraic eigenvalue problems
- System of nonlinear equations
- Approximation theory
- Differentiation and integration
- Numerical ordinary differential equations
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