Unit information: Numerical Analysis 2 in 2009/10

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Unit name Numerical Analysis 2
Unit code MATH20700
Credit points 20
Level of study I/5
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director Dr. Sieber
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

MATH11002 and MATH11003

Co-requisites

None

School/department School of Mathematics
Faculty Faculty of Science

Description including Unit Aims

This unit constitutes an introduction to numerical analysis. The topics covered are: approximation of functions; orthogonal polynomials; quadrature; discretisation of the initial value problem for ordinary differential equations; iterative solution of linear and nonlinear systems of equations.