Numerical Methods

Numerical Methods

Dr. Gideon Bella

Dr. Benjamin Svetitsky (moral support)

The course is given in the first semester, 1 hour lecture and 2 hours laboratory each week.

Syllabus

Solution of linear algebraic equations
Interpolation and extrapolation
Integration
Random numbers
Monte Carlo integration
Root finding and minimization
Fourier transforms
Ordinary differential equations
Statistics
Laplace's equation
MATLAB
Mathematica

Textbook:

William H. Press, Saul A. Teukolsky, William T. Vetterling, and Brian P. Flannery, Numerical Recipes in Fortran: The Art of Scientific Computing (2nd edition, 1992, or 1st edition, 1985)

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