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> My department's graduate committee is proposing a new graduate course called
> Computational Mathematics for Engineers? A brief outline is below. There is a
> debate concerning the prerequisites for this course. I am trying to find out
> does anyone teach a similar course without prerequistes or does anyone teach a
> similar course with a numerical methods course as the prerequisite. Our course
> will be a graduate course designed for Masters of Science engineering students.
> Thanks
> Tim Foutz
>
> Block 1. Introduction
> · Root finding (3 hrs)
> o Bisection
> o Newton-Raphson
> · Taylor series (3)
> · Numerical derivatives and numerical integration (4)
> · Complex variables (3)
> · Basic programming skills integrated in class (2)
>
> Block 2. Elliptic differential equations
> · Potential flow
> o Heat flow
> o Groundwater flow
> o Ideal fluid flow
> o Electricity
> o Weather forecasting
> · Finite differences
> · Finite elements
> · Accuracy
> · Boundary conditions
>
> Block 3. Parabolic differential equations
> · Contaminant transport
> · Dispersion and diffusion
> · Lagrangian coordinates
> · Finite difference method
> · Method of characteristics (1 characteristic)
> · Stability, accuracy, and Peclet number
> · Initial and boundary conditions
>
> Block 4. Hyperbolic differential equations
> · Waves
> · Contaminant transport with moving front
> · Method of characteristics (multiple characteristics)
> · Courant number
> · Damping, dispersion, reflection
> · Initial and boundary conditions
> · Stability and accuracy
>
> Block 5. Interpolation, ODE, and special functions
> · Interpolation
> o Splines
> o Curve fitting
> · Least squares
> · Path line tracing
> · Ordinary differential equations
> · Special functions
>
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> My department's graduate committee is proposing a new graduate course called
> Computational Mathematics for Engineers? A brief outline is below. There is a
> debate concerning the prerequisites for this course. I am trying to find out
> does anyone teach a similar course without prerequistes or does anyone teach a
> similar course with a numerical methods course as the prerequisite. Our course
> will be a graduate course designed for Masters of Science engineering students.
> Thanks
> Tim Foutz
>
> Block 1. Introduction
> · Root finding (3 hrs)
> o Bisection
> o Newton-Raphson
> · Taylor series (3)
> · Numerical derivatives and numerical integration (4)
> · Complex variables (3)
> · Basic programming skills integrated in class (2)
>
> Block 2. Elliptic differential equations
> · Potential flow
> o Heat flow
> o Groundwater flow
> o Ideal fluid flow
> o Electricity
> o Weather forecasting
> · Finite differences
> · Finite elements
> · Accuracy
> · Boundary conditions
>
> Block 3. Parabolic differential equations
> · Contaminant transport
> · Dispersion and diffusion
> · Lagrangian coordinates
> · Finite difference method
> · Method of characteristics (1 characteristic)
> · Stability, accuracy, and Peclet number
> · Initial and boundary conditions
>
> Block 4. Hyperbolic differential equations
> · Waves
> · Contaminant transport with moving front
> · Method of characteristics (multiple characteristics)
> · Courant number
> · Damping, dispersion, reflection
> · Initial and boundary conditions
> · Stability and accuracy
>
> Block 5. Interpolation, ODE, and special functions
> · Interpolation
> o Splines
> o Curve fitting
> · Least squares
> · Path line tracing
> · Ordinary differential equations
> · Special functions
>
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