MAT 202E - Numerical Methods

Course Objectives

Introducing numerical methods for solution of engineering problems.

Course Description

Accuracy estimation in numerical methods, error propagation. Root finding for system of nonlinear equations; Newton's and Newton-Raphson's methods. Solution methods for system of linear equations. Interpolation, extrapolation and curve fitting. Numerical differentiation integration. Numerical solutions of ordinary differential equations. Finite Differences; forward, backward and central differences, Runge-Kutta Methods.