Unit Code: MTH711

Unit Name: Numerical Analysis

Description: Numerical Analysis plays an indispensable role in solving real life mathematical, physical and engineering problems. Numerical computations have been in use for centuries even before digital computers appeared on the scene. Great Mathematicians like Gauss, Newton, Lagrange, Fourier and many others developed numerical techniques. Numerical analysis is an approach to solving complex mathematical problems using simple approximating operations and carrying out an analysis on the resulting errors. Major topics in numerical analysis include interpolation, numerical differentiation and integration. This course also provides an introduction to linear programmeming, a tool widely used in operations research. A linear programmeming problem deals with the optimisation of a linear function subject to a number of constrains. The course will look at solving linear programmeming problems using the simplex method. The study of the simplex method will involve duality theory and implementation issues.

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Prerequisite: MTH611, MTH613

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 1