MCS 471 Numerical Analysis

Class General Syllabus Plus Links


Course Coordinator: Professor F. B. Hanson, 718 SEO, X3-2142 (X6-3041msg)


Catalog description: Introduction to numerical analysis; floating point arithmetic, computational linear algebra, interpolation, numerical integration, numerical solution of ODEs, computer subroutine packages (including Maple and Matlab/Octave).


Prerequisites (REVISED): A grade of C or better in MCS 360 Structured Programming II or EECS 270 Introduction to Programming languages or MCS190 Introduction to Scientific Computing or EECS 170 Fortran Programming for Engineers or MCS 260 Introduction to Computer Science I or EECS 171 Introduction to Programming.


Semester Credit hours: 3U4G


List of Topics: ---- Hours:

List of Topics by Lectures: (click here)


Text: C. F. Gerald and P. O. Wheatley, Applied Numerical Analysis, 5th Ed., Addison-Wesley, 1994.


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Supplementary References: (click here)


Class Notes: (click here)


Help for Numeric and Symbolic Computational Tools: (click here)


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