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
