PA081 Programming Numerical Computations

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2007
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Radka Svobodová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. Václav Přenosil, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Timetable
Tue 18:00–19:50 B410
Prerequisites
! P081 Programming Numerical Computations
Prerequisites: knowledge of one-dimensional calculus, linear algebra, programming in C and elements of object-oriented programming.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
This course is devoted to mathematical and programming techniques needed for exact solution of numerical problems.
Syllabus
  • Representation of floating-point numbers. Rounding errors of elementary operations. Accuracy and stability of numerical computations. Solution of nonlinear equations. Numerical quadrature.
  • Representation of matrices in C. Object-oriented implementation of matrix computations. The STL (Standard Template Library) with regard to numerical computations. Optimization of numerical programs. Numerical algorithms libraries. Calling FORTRAN subroutines from C and C+.
  • Practical solution of linear algebra problems. Stability of the solution of the least squares problem.
Literature
  • ACTON, Forman S. REAL Computing made real :preventing errors in scientific and engineering calculations. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996. XV, 259 s. ISBN 0-691-03663-2. info
  • HIGHAM, Nicholas J. Accuracy and stability of numerical algorithms. Philadelphia: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1996. xxviii, 68. ISBN 0-89871-355-2. info
  • STROUSTRUP, Bjarne. The C++ programming language. 3rd ed. Reading: Addison-Wesley, 1997. x, 910 s. ISBN 0-201-88954-4. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
Teacher's information
http://ncbr.chemi.muni.cz/~n19n/vyuka/nv
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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