Courses of Study 2011-2012 
    
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Courses of Study 2011-2012 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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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.



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