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TWENTY-EIGHT TRACKS TO LEARN NUMERICAL METHODS

The user has a choice among seven engineering majors and four mathematical packages, making a total of 7x4=28 tracks.

The user has a choice among the seven majors, namely, 

1. Chemical

2. Civil

3. Computer

4. Electrical

5. General

6. Industrial, and

7. Mechanical. 

Specific examples used to illustrate numerical methods come from each of the areas.  This choice holds the user's attention, as it closely relates to real-life problems of his or her interest. 

The user has a choice among the four most widely used mathematical packages, namely, 

1. Maple,

2. MathCAD, 

3. MATHEMATICA, and 

4. MATLAB.  

There are several reasons for developing simulations using all the four mathematical packages.  First, for continuity, cost and pedagogy, a college may emphasize only one of these packages in their curriculum.  Second, there is no additional cost involved if a university already has a site license to one of the four mathematical packages.

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Copyrights: University of South Florida, 4202 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33620-5350. All Rights Reserved. Questions, suggestions or comments, contact kaw@eng.usf.edu  This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant# 0126793, 0341468, 0717624,  0836981.  Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.  Other sponsors include Maple, MathCAD, USF, FAMU and MSOE.  Numerical Methods for Undergraduates by http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.  Based on a work at numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu.