Ewha Graduate School

Course Syllabus

2015 Spring Semester


Course Title: Scientific Computing     Course ID: G10523             

Class Hour: Thur2/3(9:30-)            Class Room: SciComplx A-315

Instructor: June-Yub Lee              http://math.ewha.ac.kr/~jylee  

Office: SciComplx A-324(3277-3451)   Office Hour: 수 1:30~2:30      


1. Objective

We try to develop computational models for various problems in mathematics, sciences, and engineering. We study numerical methods and programming tools to get the computational results of such problems.


2. References

Walter Gander, Jiri Hrebicek, Solving Problems in Scientific Compututing using Maple and Matlab, 2nd Ed, Springer. (4th/2004)

Ke Chen, Peter Giblin, Alan Irving, Mathematical explorations with Matlab, Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Richard E. Crandall, Projects in scientific computation, Springer-Verlag, The Electronic Library of Science(TELOS), New York, 1994

Stenen Koonin, Computational Physics, The Benjamin/Cummings Pub.


3. Assignment and evaluation

- Homework : Programming in any language (Matlab, Fortran, C/C++)

- Computational Project : A report with program and documentation

- Final Project : Individual (or team) project of your own choice


4. Weekly Schedule

Week

Chapter

Subject

Text

 

1-2

1. The Tractrix and Similar Curves

Ordinary differential equation

1-14

 

3-5

3. The Illumination Problem

Numerical differentiation and optimization

25-36

 

6-7

5. The Internal Field in Semiconductors

2nd order elliptic partial differential equation

59-68

 

9-11

6. Some Least Squares Problems

Least square method

69-87

 

12-13

9. Smoothing Filters

Denoising signals

121-140

 

14-15

Final Presentation

Individual Projects