Course title: Numerical Methods I. Number of credits: 5
Name and position of course coordinator: Attila Körei, associate professor
Suggested semester: spring
Weekly lecture + seminar hours: 2+0
Assessment: colloquium
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Course objectives: Providing a survey of different problems and methods in numerical mathematics and showing how  engineers can use the computer in solving numerical problems arising in their professions.
 
Course content and structure: Solution of systems of linear equations. Finding roots of nonlinear equations and systems of equations. Polynomial and spline interpolation. Different methods of numerical integration. Regression problems and the method of least squares.
 
Evaluation method: The student presents his report made about some formerly choosen topic and answers the questions related to the report and some other topics.
 
Required reading: W. Cheney, D. Kincaid: Numerical Mathematics and Computing, Brooks Cole, 2012
 
Suggested reading: E. Süli, D. Mayers: An introduction to Numerical Analysis, Cambridge University Press, 2003. H. Moore: MATLAB for Engineers, Prentice Hall, 2011