Introduction to Numerical Methods

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Class Hours: 3 Lab/Discussion: 0 Credits: 3 Prerequisite: CMSC 110 , MATH 121 or MATH 125 Description: Algorithmic methods for function evaluation, roots of equations, solutions to systems of linear equations, function interpolation, numerical differentiation, and integration and use of spline functions for curve fitting. The focus is on managing and measuring errors in computation. Also offered as MATH 343 ; either COSC 343 or MATH 343 may be substituted for the other and may be used interchangeably for D/F repeats but may not be counted for duplicate credit.