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BCA Numerical Methods

bcasemester 4

Unit 1:Solution of Nonlinear Equations

Introduction, Types of Equation, Errors in Computing, The Bisection Method, The Method of False Position, Newton- Raphson Method, Solution of System of Nonlinear Equation, Fixed Point Iteration and Convergence

Unit 2:Interpolation and Approximation

Introduction, Errors in Polynomial Interpolation, Lagrange's Polynomials, Newton's Interpolation using Difference and Divided Differences, Cubic Spline Interpolation, Least Squares Method for Linear and Non-linear Data

Unit 3:Numerical Differentiation and Integration

Introduction to Numerical Differentiation, Newton's Differentiation Formulas, Numerical Integration (Trapezoidal Rule, Simpson's 1/3 rule, 3/8 rule), Romberg Integration, Numerical Double Integration

Unit 4:Solution of Linear Algebraic Equations

Review of the existence of solutions and properties of matrices, Consistency of a Linear System of Equations, Gaussian Elimination Method, Gauss-Jordan Method, Inverse of matrix using Gauss Elimination Method, Method of factorization, Iterative Methods(Jacobi & Gauss-Seidel Iteration), Power Method

Unit 5:Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations

Introduction to Differential Equations, Initial Value Problem, Taylor Series Method, Picard's Method, Euler's Method and Its Accuracy, Heun's method, Runge-Kutta Methods, Solution of Higher Order Equations, Boundary Value Problems, Shooting Method and Its Algorithm

Unit 6:Solution of Partial Differential Equations

Introduction to Partial Differential Equations, Deriving Difference Equations, Laplacian Equation and Poisson's Equation