Introduces ordinary differential equations, systems of linear equations, matrices, determinants, vector spaces, linear transformations, and systems of linear differential equations. Prereq., APPM 1360 ...

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Mar., 1970), pp. 47-66 (20 pages) Linear one step methods of a novel design are given for the numerical solution of stiff systems of ordinary ...

Mathematics of Computation, Vol. 59, No. 200 (Oct., 1992), pp. 403-420 (18 pages) We apply Runge-Kutta methods to linear partial differential equations of the form u t (x, t) = L (x, ∂)u(x, t) + f(x, ...

homework sets (assigned roughly bi-weekly during the semester). class participation (extra points for helping me to make this class a lively one) projects (written project due at the end of the ...

Sometimes, it’s easy for a computer to predict the future. Simple phenomena, such as how sap flows down a tree trunk, are straightforward and can be captured in a few lines of code using what ...