MATH 417: Numerical Methods

Course Description

Credits 4.
3 Lecture Hours.
3 Lab Hours.Numerical methods for applications; qualitative discussion of convergence and stability properties; computer implementation; interpolation and quadrature, initial value problems, matrix decompositions, interactive solution of linear and non-linear systems, least squares approximation, boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations. Only one of the following will satisfy the requirements for a degree:MATH 417orMATH 437.Prerequisites:MATH 304,MATH 309,MATH 311, orMATH 323;MATH 308; ability to program; junior or senior classification.