CS 3220 - Introduction to Scientific Computation

(crosslisted)
(also ENGRD 3220)

Spring. 3 credits.

Prerequisites: CS 1112 or CS 1132 and MATH 2220, MATH 2230, or MATH 2940.

Staff.

Introduction to elementary numerical analysis and scientific computation. Topics include interpolation, quadrature, linear and nonlinear equation solving, least- quares fitting, and ordinary differential equations. The MATLAB computing environment is used. Vectorization, efficiency, reliability, and stability are stressed. Includes special lectures on computational statistics.

Outcome 1: Be knowledgeable and able to choose among the options for fitting datapoints, including polynomial interpolation, piecewise polynomial interpolation and splines.

Outcome 2: Know how to solve linear equations, and understand the circumstances under which the answer will be accurate or inaccurate.

Outcome 3: Know how to solve nonlinear equations, optimization problems and initial value problems, and understand the limitations of the popular methods for these problems.