Online Courses Handbook 2003

5898 (v.3) Numerical Analysis 502

Area:	Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	302282 (v.1) Numerical Analysis 301 or any previous version
Finite difference methods for PDEs - derivative approximation, SOR and ADI methods, explicit and implicit methods. Finite element methods for PDEs - variational statements, finite element formulation of elliptic and time-dependent problems, two-dimensional element calculations, solution of sparce systems of linear equations - (sparse matrix methods and conjugate gradient method), finite element applications.