MC ▸ NA ▸ courses ▸ FMN050 – spring term 2011

Short Description

URL
http://www.maths.lth.se/na/courses/FMN050
Credits:
6 points
Instructor:
Claus Führer and Alexandros Sopasakis
Teaching Assistants
N.N.
Grading:
U, 3, 4, 5
Examination:
Final written examination
Prerequisites:
FMA420 Linear Algebra, FMA410 Calculus in one dimension, FMA430 Calculus in several dimensions, knowledge in a programing language and Matlab.
Language:
Swedish by default, English on request.

Contents

error analysis, computeraritmetik, numerical algorithms to solve linear equation systems, condition number and norms, least squares method, eigenvalue computations, solution of nonlinear equations, polynomial and spline interpolation, ordinary differential equations (initial and boundary value problems), basic signal processing with FFT.

Course book

Timothy Sauer: Numerical Analysis:

Timothy Sauer: Numerical Analysis

Here is a direct link with discount code to the publisher. The book will be delivered within a week. Directly on stock is the book at KFS AB on the campus.

Goal

The aim of the course is to teach students basic methods and principles of scientific computing to enable them to solve basic and frequently ocurring mathematical problems using computers and numerical software.