ELECTIVE-I
CE 601 Numerical Methods (3-0-0-6)

Pre-requisites: Nil
Introduction of Numerical Analysis: Objectives of numerical analysis; Significant digits, precision, accuracy, errors; 
Linear equations: Systems of linear algebraic equations - Matrices, Determinants, Elimination methods, LU factorization, Tridiagonal systems, Iterative methods 
Eigen value problems: Characteristic equations, Power method, Direct method, QR method, Eigen vectors
Accuracy of approximate calculations:
Nonlinear equations: Closed domain methods, Open domain methods, Polynomials
Polynomial approximations and Interpolations: 
Numerical Differentiation and Integration: Taylor's series, quadratures, etc.
Initial Value Ordinary Differential Equations: 
Boundary Value Ordinary Differential Equations: 
Partial Differential Equations: Elliptic pdes, Parabolic pdes, Hyperbolic pdes finite-difference methods.
Brief Introduction to Finite Element Method: variation and weighted residual methods.
Fundamentals of statistical distributions.

 

References

1) Joe D. Hoffman: "Numerical Methods for Engineers and Scientists. Second Edition". Taylor and Francis (2001)

2) Saumyen Guha and Rajesh Srivastava: "Numerical Methods for Engineering and Science". Oxford Higher Education (2010)