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Numerical analysis 362


 
Module code MAT 362
Qualification Undergraduate
Faculty Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Module content

Errors and floating point arithmetic. Roots of nonlinear equations: Bisection, Newton’s method and the secant method, routines for zero finding, non-linear systems of equations. Systems of linear equations: Gauss elimination with partial pivoting, matrix factorisation, matrices with special structure, numerical differentiation and integration.
Module credits 15.00
Prerequisites MAT 251 and MAT 261
Contact time 1 discussion class per week, 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
Period of presentation Semester 2
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