Engineering and Scientific Computing

3 units

This course provides an introduction to numerical methods for scientific computation which are relevant to engineering problems. Topics addressed include interpolation, integration, linear systems, least-squares fitting, nonlinear equations and optimization and initial value problems. Basic procedural programming concepts (procedural and data abstraction, iteration, recursion) will be covered using MATLAB. C will be briefly covered so the students understand that the algorithms and programming concepts apply in both. Prerequisite: Math 132.