Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 6.337J (Fall 2006) 
• Course Title:
• Introduction to Numerical Methods 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Mathematics 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Dr. Per-Olof Persson 
• Course Introduction:
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  18.335J / 6.337J Introduction to Numerical Methods
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2006

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features lecture notes and assignments.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course offers an advanced introduction to numerical linear algebra. Topics include direct and iterative methods for linear systems, eigenvalue decompositions and QR/SVD factorizations, stability and accuracy of numerical algorithms, the IEEE floating point standard, sparse and structured matrices, preconditioning, linear algebra software. Problem sets require some knowledge of MATLAB®.

  
  
  

  Technical Requirements

  
  
  

  Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .m.