GMI 132E - Numerical Analy. of Eng.Syst.
Course Objectives
1. To develop an understanding of how basic engineering problems can be numerically formulated and solved using simple approximate methods consisting only of the four basic arithmetic operations.
2. To develop an understanding of the applicability and limits of numerical formulations.
3. To develop an understanding of the error concept in numerical computations and computer applications.
4. To teach the theory behind the numerical methods which are coded in the engineering and scientific computing class (BIL 108 or BIL 113).
Course Description
Error analysis. Taylor series. Root finding methods. Solving linear algebraic equations. Optimization. Curve fitting. Least-squares method. Interpolation-extrapolation. Numerical differentiation and integration. Solving ordinary differential equations. Computers and numbers. Stability and error propagation. Polynomials. Initial value problems.
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