MATH 437: Principles of Numerical Analysis

Course Description

Credits 4.
3 Lecture Hours.
3 Lab Hours.Mathematical principles of numerical analysis and their application to the study of particular methods; fixed-point iteration, Newton's method; normed vector spaces and operators, Schur decomposition, convergent matrices, minimization methods, conjugate gradient method; polynomial interpolation of Lagrange and Hermite; best approximation, Bernstein and Weierstrass Theorems, numerical quadrature. 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; grade of C or better inMATH 409; ability to program; junior or senior classification.