COMP350
Numerical Computing
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Course Description
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Purpose:
To provide an introduction to numerical techniques
for solving basic computational science problems.
It emphasizes the design, analysis, and computer implementation of accurate and
efficient algorithms.
Prerequisites: Facility with a high-lavel scientific
programming language (such as C, C++, Java or Fortran), Calculus III, and
an introductory knowledge of matrix theory and applications. These are
provided by COMP 250 (or COMP 202), MATH 222 and MATH 223.
Topics:
- Computer numbers and arithmetic (3 lectures);
- Taylor series, derivative approximation and numerical cancellation (1 lecture);
- Use of MATLAB (1/3 lecture);
- Solving systems of linear equations (3 2/3 lectures);
- Solving a nonlinear equation (3 lectures);
- Polynomial interpolation (3 lectures);
- Spline interpolation (2 lectures);
- Least-squares approximation (1 lecture);
- Numerical integration (5 lectures);
- Numerical ordinary differential equations (2 lectures).
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