37691 - INTRODUCTION TO NUMERICAL METHODS M

Anno Accademico 2012/2013

  • Docente: Fiorella Sgallari
  • Crediti formativi: 6
  • SSD: MAT/08
  • Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

The goal of the course is to provide knowledge of numerical methods including: root-finding, elementary numerical linear algebra, solving systems of linear equations, curve fitting, and numerical solution to ordinary and partial differential equations. Topics include the application of finite elements to parabolic and elliptic partial differential equations.

Contenuti

Numerical Methods I (Proff. F.Sgallari, A.Lanza)

  • Key idea: accuracy, precision, truncation and round-off errors, condition numbers, operation counts, convergence and stability.
  • Numerical Linear Algebra: direct and iterative methods for linear systems.

  • Solution to single equations and multiple non-linear equations.
  • Interpolation and approximation: interpolating polynomials, cubic splines, least-square fitting.

  • Numerical differentiation and integration: Newton-Cotes quadrature formulas, Gaussian quadrature.

  • Classification of PDEs: elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic equations.

  • Finite difference methods. Stability, consistency, and convergence theory.

Numerical Methods II (Prof. F. Zama)

  • Finite Elements Methods
    (formulation of the finite element method in 1-D and 2-D continuum, basic 1-D and 2-D finite elements,
    modeling and programming aspects of the finite element method).

Testi/Bibliografia

Some useful course materials for this course can be found at the web page http://people.ciram.unibo.it/~sgallariat the link Teaching.

You can find the material for this course in many books on Numerical Analysis such as

  1. A. Quarteroni, Numerical Models for Differential Problems. Springer, 2009.
  2. A. Quarteroni, R. Sacco and F. Saleri
    Numerical Mathematics Second Ed., Springer, 2007.

Metodi didattici

The course involves practical work based on computational tools such as Matlab and Freefem.

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

Assessment is based on assignmentsof project works and oral exams.

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Lectures, exercises, laboratory activities in Matlab.

Link ad altre eventuali informazioni

http://people.ciram.unibo.it/~sgallari/

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Fiorella Sgallari