Numerical Methods

3 Credit Hour Course
Intended For Level 3 Term 2 Students

Prerequisite: None

Introduction; Solution of algebraic and transcendental equations: method of iteration, False Position method, Newton-Rhapson method; Solution of simultaneous linear equations: Cramer's rule, Iteration method, Gauss-Jordan Elimination method, Choleski's process; Interpolation: diagonal and horizontal difference, differences of a polynomial, Newton's formula for forward and backward interpolation, Spline interpolation; Numerical differentiation and integration; Solution of ordinary differential equations: Euler's method, Picard's method, Milne's method, Taylor's series method, Runge-Kutta method; Least squares approximation of functions: linear and polynomial regression, fitting exponential and trigonometric functions.