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Fondamenti di analisi numerica                  

academic year:   2013/2014
instructor:  Maurizio Falcone
degree course:  Mathematics (magistrale), II year
type of training activity:  caratterizzante
credits:  6 (48 class hours)
scientific sector:  MAT/08 Analisi numerica
teaching language:  italiano
period:  I sem (30/09/2013 - 17/01/2014)

Presence: highly recommended

Module subject:

  • Numerical linear algebra
    Numerical solution of linear systems. Algebraic and iterative methods. Conjugate gradient method. Iterative methods for structured matrices. Preconditioning techniques. Numerical solution of the eigenvalue problem. Singular value decomposition.
  • Numerical integration of ordinary differential equations
    One-step methods. Stability, consistency and convergence. Variable step-size methods. Multi-step methods: consistency and stability. A-stability. Essentials on the two point boundary value problem and its solution via finite difference methods. Analysis of the linear systems related to different boundary conditions.
    A part of this course will be devoted to the analysis of algorithms and to their implementation in MATLAB or C/C++.

Suggested reading: D. Bini, M. Capovani, O. Menchi, Metodi Numerici per L'Algebra Lineare, Zanichelli, 1998.
A. Quarteroni, R. Sacco, F. Saleri, "Matematica Numerica", Springer, 2008.

Type of course: standard

Knowledge and understanding: Successful students will have theoretical knowledge related to methods of Numerical Analysis for the solution of linear systems and eigenvalue problems, for the integration of systems of ordinary differential equations. They will be also able to select, among the methods for solving the problem to be treated, the one which better fits the specific case.

Skills and attributes: Successful students will have skills and attributes related to algorithms of Numerical Analysis they learned. They will be also able to select, among the MATLAB codes for solving the problem to be treated, the one which better fits the specific case and also to bring into that code, if necessary, the modifications required to adapt it to the problem and to improve its performances.

Personal study: the percentage of personal study required by this course is the 65% of the total.

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