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ECE 491 - Numerical Analysis

Last offered Spring 2025

Official Description

Course Information: Same as CS 450, CSE 401 and MATH 450. See CS 450.

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Subject Area

  • Computer Engineering

Description

Introduction to numerical analysis, including linear system solvers, optimization techniques, interpolation and approximation of functions, solving systems of nonlinear equations, eigenvalue problems, least squares, and quadrature; numerical handling of ordinary and partial differential equations.

Notes

Same as CS 450, CSE 401, and MATH 450.

Topics

  • Direct linear system solvers
  • Optimization techniques
  • Interpolation and approximation of functions
  • Solving nonlinear systems
  • Eigenvalue problems
  • Least squares problems
  • Numerical integration
  • Numerical handling of ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations

Detailed Description and Outline

Topics:

  • Direct linear system solvers
  • Optimization techniques
  • Interpolation and approximation of functions
  • Solving nonlinear systems
  • Eigenvalue problems
  • Least squares problems
  • Numerical integration
  • Numerical handling of ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations

Same as CS 450, CSE 401, and MATH 450.

Texts

Press, Teukolsky, Vetterling, and Flannery, Numerical Recipes, 2nd ed., Cambridge.
D. Kahaner, C. Moler, and S. Nash, Numerical Methods and Software, Prentice Hall, 1977.

Schedule and Instructors

TitleSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
Numerical AnalysisB331436LCD31100 - 1215 T R  1404 Siebel Center for Comp Sci Paul Fischer
Numerical AnalysisB431438LCD31100 - 1215 T R  1404 Siebel Center for Comp Sci Paul Fischer