Numerical methods

Description

In this course you will learn :

Week 1: Introduction to significant digits and errors, Solution of system of linear Equations (direct methods, Iterative methods, Ill-conditioned systems)
Week 2: Roots of Nonlinear Equations (Bisection method, Regula-Falsi method, Newton-Raphson method, Fixed point iteration method, convergence criteria 
Week 3: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors, Gerschgorin circle theorem , Jacobi method, Power methods
Week 4: Interpolation (Finite difference operators, difference tables, Newton's Forward/Backward difference)
Week 5: Interpolation ( Central difference  formula's i.e.  Bessel and Stirling’s interpolation formulae, Divided differences, Lagrange interpolation and Newton’s divided   difference interpolation)
Week 6: Numerical Differentiation (Using Forward/ Backward/central difference formula) Week:7 Integration (Trapezoidal and Simpson's rules for integration)
Week 8: Solution of first order and second order ordinary differential equations (Euler method, Euler modified method, Runge-Kutta methods, Milne PC method)