MAT 413E - Computer Aided Symbolic Calc I

Course Objectives

Course ObjectivCourse Objectives :
1 - To teach to use of symbolic computation software
2 - To teach their applications to the solution of basic problems in analysis and linear algebra.

Course Description

Course Content :
General introduction to computer algebra packet such as Matlab Mathematica, MuPad, Maple. Basic grammar and syntax in symbolic programming. Assigning value to symbols. Lists. Defining functions. Plotting functions and data. Symbolic calculations. Loops and conditional statements. Finding roots by using symbolic calculation. The solution of systems of linear equations. Calculation of Taylor series. The method of least squares.