MAT 202 - Numerical Methods

Course Objectives

To teach a person who knows mathematics, computer, programming and the subject of the problem, how to solve the problem on the computer and its methods.

Course Description

Introduction: errors, error sources, Taylor series. Finite differences: forward, backward and central differences, interpolation, extrapolation, curve fitting. Numerical solution of linear algebraic equations. Determination of the roots of non-linear equation and non-linear sets of equations. Numerical integration. Numerical solutions of ordinary differential equations.