Course: Numerical Methods

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Course title Numerical Methods
Course code KMA/NUME
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Brzezina Miroslav, doc. RNDr. CSc., dr. h. c.
  • Černá Dana, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: 1. Numerical methods - numerical model, sources of error, numerical stability, speed of computation. Paralellelization of numerical computations - basic models of parallel programming, methods of parallelization, Amdahl's law. 2. Direct methods for solving linear systems - Gaussian elimination, Gaussian elimination for tridiagonal matrix, LU decomposition, Choleski decomposition. 3. Iterative methods for solving linear systems - Jacobi method, Gauss-Seidel method, successive over-relaxation, conjugate gradient method. 4. Solving rectangular linear systems - normal equations system, singular value decomposition, pseudoinverse matrix. 5. Solving nonlinear equations - fixed-point iteration, the secant method, Newton's method. 6. Interpolation - Lagrange and Hermite interpolation, splines. 7. Numerical integration - the rectangular rule, the trapezoidal rule, Simpson's rule. 8. Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations with initial value problems - the transformation of a n-th order differential equation into a system of n simultaneous equations of the first order. One-step methods - Euler methods, Runge-Kutta methods. Stiff differential equations. 9. Boundary value problems - finite difference method. 10. classification of second-order partial differential equations. Numerical solution of elliptic partial differential equations - finite difference method. 11. Numerical solution of parabolic partial differential equations - finite difference method, method of lines, Rothe method. 12. Numerical solution of hyperbolic partial differential equations - finite difference method, method of lines.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Written assignment presentation and defence
  • Class attendance - 56 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 15 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 20 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Metric and normed spaces, Banach fix-point theorem, numerical methods, boundary value problems for differential equations.
Knowlige of fundamentals of numerical mathematics.
Prerequisites
Passing of mathematical lectures of first four semestrs.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Written exam

Credit: Working out a semestral work. Exam: Written.
Recommended literature
  • NEKVINDA, M., ŠRUBAŘ, J., VILD, J. Úvod do numerické matematiky. Praha, 1976.


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