Course title: Numerical Methods II. Number of credits: 5
Name and position of course coordinator: Attila Házy, associate professor
Suggested semester: autumn
Weekly lecture + seminar hours: 2+0
Assessment: colloquium
Course webpage:

 

Course objectives: Providing a survey of different problems and methods in numerical analysis, optimization and differential equation and how can use the computer in solving problems.
 
Course content and structure: Numerical methods of Ordinary and partial differential equation. Initial value problem, Boundary value problems, Euler method, Modified Euler method, Runge-Kutta methods (Second-order and higher-order), Adaptive Runge-Kutta Methods, System of differential equations, Finite difference method, Shooting method.
 
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: Mark E. Davis: Numerical Methods and Modeling for Chemical Engineers (1984), John Wiley and Sons, Inc. https://authors.library.caltech.edu/25061/1/NumMethChE84.pdf  
 
Suggested reading: Todd Young and Martin J. Mohlenkamp: Introduction to Numerical Methods and Matlab Programming for Engineers (2017), http://www.math.ohiou.edu/courses/math3600/book.pdf