Watch a video introduction to the course on YouTube.
The course covers four major topics: solving special linear systems, least squares problems, eigenvalue problems, and singular value decomposition. It introduces to the students the mathematical concepts, numerical methods for solving the mathematical problems, and implementation of algorithms in a high-level programming language framework.
CS 475 is normally taken in the student's fourth year.
Prerequisites: AMATH 242/341/CM 271/CS 371 or CS 370. Not open to General Mathematics students.
Cross-listed as: CM 375.
Used in Course: UNIX.
Assumed Background: Programming knowledge in C/C++ and Matlab.
Numerical Linear Algebra, L.N. Trefethen, D. Bau III, SIAM, 1997.
Three hours of lectures per week. Normally available in Fall.
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
Tel: 519-888-4567 x33293
Fax: 519-885-1208
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