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NUMERICAL METHODS

An Audiovisual Course

 

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ABOUT THE COURSE

Numerical methods are techniques to approximate a mathematical procedure.  Approximations are needed because we cannot solve the procedure analytically or because the analytical method is intractable.  In this course, you will learn the numerical methods for the following mathematical procedures and topics - Differentiation, Nonlinear Equations, Simultaneous Linear Equations, Interpolation, Regression, Integration, and Ordinary Differential Equations.  Calculation of errors and their relationship to the accuracy of the numerical solutions is emphasized throughout the course. 

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In addition to the audiovisual lectures you are seeing here, freely downloadable resources are available in multiple formats including - a textbook, PowerPoint presentations, eBooks, worksheets in MATLAB, Maple, MATHEMATICA and MathCAD, anecdotes, blogs, real-life physical problems, and multiple-choice questions.

 

 

PROFESSOR AUTAR K KAW

Autar K Kaw is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher at the University of South Florida.  He is the author of several textbooks including Numerical Methods with Applications, Introduction to Matrix Algebra, and Mechanics of Composite Materials. 

With major funding from National Science Foundation, he and his colleagues at ODU, FAMU and ASU are developing award-winning comprehensive web-based resources for an undergraduate course in Numerical Methods.  He is the recipient of the 2004 Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT) Florida Professor of the Year Award, and the 2003 ASEE Archie Higdon Distinguished Mechanics Educator Award. 

His current scholarly interests include engineering education research, development of instructional technologies, thermal stresses, computational mechanics, composite materials, and mechanics of functionally graded materials.

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Copyrights: UnCreative Commons Licenseiversity 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.