Academic Catalog

ME501 NUMERICAL METHODS IN ME I

Course Code: 5690501
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Sources of error in numerical analysis. Interpolating polynomials. Difference tables. Lagrange and Chebyshev polynomials. Approximations by rational functions. Cubic splines. Least squares. Numerical differentiation and integration. Roots of equations. Systems of linear and non-linear equations. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Power and Jacobi methods. Quadratic forms. (R)