Course Syllabus Numerical Methods
Course Syllabus Numerical Methods
COURSE SYLLABUS
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Course Title:
NUMERICAL METHODS
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Course Description
The course involves the study of numerical solutions involving linear and nonlinear equations. This also involves interpolation and regression. In addition,
Integration and Differentiation using estimation is also involved in this subject matter.
Prelims
40%
10%
50%
100%
Midterm
40%
10%
50%
100%
Finals
40%
10%
50%
100%
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NUMERICAL METHODS
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Topics
PRELIM PERIOD
I.
Introduction
to
scientific
computing
1.1 Introduction to numerical methods
1.2 Measuring errors
1.3 Sources of error
1.4 Binary representation of numbers
1.5 Floating point representation of
numbers
1.6 Propagation of errors
1.7 Taylor series
Assessment Tools
Experiments
1. Identify the different sources
of error in scientific
computing;
Problem Solving
Board Work
Seatwork
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Time Frame
(No. of Hours)
3 hours
2 hours
Topics
DIFFERENTIATION
2.1 Continuous functions
2.2 Discrete functions
2.3 Effect of step size on accuracy of
numerical first derivative: Forward
Divided Difference
2.4 Effect of step size on accuracy of
numerical first derivative
Backward Divided Difference
2.5 Effect of step size on accuracy of
numerical first derivative: Central
Divided Difference
III.
NONLINEAR EQUATIONS
3.1 Bisection Method
3.2 Newton-Raphson Method
3.3 Secant Method
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Assessment Tools
Experiments
II.
1. Be able to perform
differentiation and integration
using numerical methods;
Problem Solving
Board Work
Seatwork
Experiments
1. Be able to solve linear and
nonlinear equations using
numerical analysis;
Problem Solving
Seatwork
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Time Frame
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Topics
Simultaneous Linear
Equations
4.1 Gaussian Elimination
4.2 LU Decomposition method
4.3 Gauss-Seidel method
4 hours
hours
MIDTERM PERIOD
V.
INTERPOLATION
5.1 Direct Method
5.2 Newton's Divided Difference
Method
5.3 Lagrange Method
5.4 Spline Method
VI.
REGRESSION
6.1 Linear Regression
6.2 Nonlinear regression
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Assessment Tools
Experiments
IV.
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Problem Solving
Seatwork
Problem Solving
1. Be able to perform
differentiation and integration
using numerical methods;
Seatwork
Problem Set
Problem Solving
1. Be able to perform
differentiation and integration
using numerical methods;
Seatwork
Problem Set
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Topics
Integration
7.1 Trapezoidal Rule
7.2 Simpson's 1/3rd Rule
7.3 Romberg Rule
7.4 Gauss-Quadrature Rule
FINAL PERIOD
VIII.
ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS
8.1 Euler's Method
8.2 Runge-Kutta 2nd order Method
8.3 Runge-Kutta 4th order Method
8.4 Shooting Method
8.5 Finite Difference Method
IX.
OPTIMIZATION
9.1 Golden Section Search Method
9.2 Newton's Method
9.3 Multidimensional Direct Search
Method
9.4 Multidimensional Gradient Method
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Assessment Tools
VII.
4 hours
4 hours
3 hours
Problem Solving
Board Work
Seatwork
Experiments
1. Be able to perform ODE,
PDE and Optimization
Problem Solving
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Topics
X. PARTIAL
2 hours
3 hours
DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS
10.1 Introduction to Partial Differential
Equations
10.2 Parabolic Partial Differential
Equations
10.3
Elliptic
Partial
Differential
Equations
XI. FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS
11.1 Introduction to Fourier Series
11.2 Continuous Fourier Series
11.3 Fourier Transform Pair
11.4 Discrete Fourier Transform
11.5 Informal Development of Fast
Fourier Transform
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Assessment Tools
Problem Solving
Board Work
Seatwork
Projects
1. Understand the concept
of fast fourier transform
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30 September 2014
30 September 2014
30 September 2014