SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
---|---|---|
1 |
Introduction to numerical methods in engineering MATLAB® proficiency evaluation First day of classes |
Homework 1 out MATLAB® workshop one day after Ses #1 |
2 |
Number representations Errors of numerical operations Recursion | |
3 |
Error analysis Error propagation Condition numbers | MATLAB® workshop one day after Ses #3 |
4 |
Roots of non-linear equations General/Bisection/Secant/Newton-Raphson methods | Homework 2 out |
5 |
Linear systems Gaussian elimination | Homework 1 due |
6 |
Linear systems Multiple right-hand-sides LU factorization | |
7 |
Special matrices Examples | |
8 |
Linear systems Iterative techniques Gauss-Seidel | |
9 |
Root finding and linear systems Examples and applications | Homework 2 due |
10 |
Optimization Curve fitting | |
11 |
Interpolation Polynomial interpolation Lagrange polynomials Splines | |
12 |
Fourier interpolation Fourier transforms | |
13 | Quiz 1 | |
14 |
Numerical integration Newton-Cotes Gaussian quadratutre | Homework 3 out |
15 |
Numerical differentiation Finite differences Ordinary differential equations Initial value problems Euler's method | |
16 |
ODE-IVP Runge-Kutta methods | Homework 4 out one day after Ses #16 |
17 |
Higher order ODEs Boundary value problems | Homework 3 due |
18 |
Partial differential equations Introduction Examples | Drop date |
19 | PDE review | |
20 |
PDEs Parabolic equations | |
21 |
PDEs Elliptic equations | |
22 | Finite element methods | Homework 4 due |
23 |
Boundary element methods Panel methods (1) | |
24 |
Boundary element methods Panel methods (2) | |
25 | Review | |
26 | Quiz 2 |