MAK 202E - Numerical Methods

Course Objectives

1. Understand the numerical methods (implications of digital number representation and digital arithmetic) and learn the numerical methods for computational science and engineering applications.
2. Get skill how numerical methods can be applied for the solutions of a wide range problems in science and engineering problems.

Course Description

Introduction to Numerical Methods: Taylor series, numerical error. Solutions of a single non-linear equation: Bisection Method, Newton-Raphson and Secant Methods. Solutions of system of non-linear equations. Numerical solutions of systems of linear equations (Direct and Iterative Methods). Interpolation. Curve Fitting. Numerical Differentiation and Integration. Finite-difference solutions of ordinary and partial differential equations.