Numerical Analysis

Aims and Objectives

Scientific computing pervades our lives: modern buildings and structures are designed using it, medical images are reconstructed for doctors using it, the cars and planes we travel on are designed with it, the pricing of "instruments" in the financial market are done using it, tomorrows weather is predicted with it.

The derivation and study of the core, underpinning algorithm for this vast range of applications defines the subject of Numerical Analysis. This course gives an introduction to that subject.

Through studying the material of this course students should gain an understanding of numerical methods, their derivation, analysis and applicability. They should be able to solve certain mathematically posed problems using numerical algorithms.