Introduction to Numerical Methods. (3 h)

Numerical computations on modern computer architectures; floating point arithmetic and round-off error. Programming in a scientific/engineering language such as MATLAB, C, or FORTRAN. Algorithms and computer techniques for the solution of problems such as roots of functions, approximation, integration, systems of linear equations and least squares methods. Credit not allowed for both MTH 355 and CSC 355 . P- MTH 112 , MTH 121 or 205 or 206, or prerequisite override required.