MAT 202E - Numerical Methods

Course Objectives

• To introduce numerical methods for solution of engineering problems.
• To improve students’ programming skills through assignments.

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.