34739 - Numerical Calculus and Teaching Software

Academic Year 2010/2011

  • Docente: Carla Guerrini
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: MAT/08
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Mathematics (cod. 8208)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student is able to use efficiently the current computational instruments for scientific computation. The lessons are mostly concerned with the treatment of modern mathematical problems and the aspects which are of importance for the design of algorithms are examined closely.

Course contents

Data and functions approximation. Fourier methods, basic formula and theorems in Fourier analysis, FFT. Computation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors, QR-algorithm, Singular Value Decomposition, regularization methods based on SVD. Methods for Initial Value Problems in Ordinary Differential Equation. Matlab toolboxes.

Readings/Bibliography

A. Quarteroni, F. Saleri, Calcolo Scientifico esercizi e problemi risolti con Matlab/Octave. Springer (2008);
V. Comincioli, Analisi Numerica: metodi, modelli, applicazioni. Apogeo, on-line ed.(2005)

Teaching methods

Lessons and exercises in the computer laboratory.

Assessment methods

Oral exam and discussion of the programming exercises

Teaching tools

Slides of the teacher and leaded exercising in multimedia laboratory.

Links to further information

http://www.dm.unibo.it/~guerrini

Office hours

See the website of Carla Guerrini