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CIS 541 – Numerical Methods. Roger Crawfis Ohio State University. Course Topics. Mathematical Preliminaries Computer Representation of real numbers Algorithms for finding the roots of a function, i.e., where f(x,y,z) = 0 Functional approximation via interpolation
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CIS 541 – Numerical Methods Roger Crawfis Ohio State University
Course Topics • Mathematical Preliminaries • Computer Representation of real numbers • Algorithms for finding the roots of a function, i.e., where f(x,y,z) = 0 • Functional approximation via interpolation • Numerical differentiation of functions. OSU/CIS 541
Course Topics • Numerical integration of functions • also termed quadrature • Monte-Carlo and other randomized techniques • Numerical solution of linear systems • Motivation for algorithms • Examples from CIS or IT related problems OSU/CIS 541
Tools You Should Know • xxgdb – a graphical debugger • gnuplot – a curve plotting package • gprof – a code profiling (timing) util. • Matlab – a system for performing many numerical tasks. • Maple – a system for performing many analytical tasks. OSU/CIS 541