Math 160S
Mathematical Numerical Analysis

Spring 2009

Instructor: Anita Layton
Office: Physics 213
Phone: (919) 660-6971
Office Hours: Tue 11:30-12:30, Wed 2-3, or by email appointments
Email: alayton AT math DOT duke DOT edu

Class Times: TuTh: 10:05 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. in Physics 205

Prerequisite: Math 103, 104, and basic programming background

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Course Outline: This course will develop the theoretical and computational techniques for

  • the numerical differentiation and integration
  • finding roots of nonlinear functions
  • numerical linear algebra

Examples and problem sets