Numerical Methods (MA207)
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Numerical Methods
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Root finding of polynomials (zeros of a function) and transcendental functions (nonlinear equation), bracketing, bisection, secant, and Newton Raphson methods. Interpolation, splines, polynomial fits, Chebyshev approximation.
Numerical Integration and Differentiation: Evaluation of integrals, elementary analytical methods, trapezoidal and Simpson’s rules, Romberg integration, Gaussian quadrature and orthogonal polynomials, multiple integrals, improper integrals, summation of series, Euler-Maclaurin summation formula, numerical differentiation and estimation of errors. Linear system of equations, LU factorization, Special types of Matrices, Iterative Methods – Jacobi, Gauss-Siedel, SOR methods.
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