COM S 322 Introduction to Scientific Computation (also Engrd 322)
Spring, summer. 3 credits. Prerequisites: COMS 100 and MATH 222 (or MATH 294).
An introduction to elementary numerical analysis and scientific computation. Topics include interpolation, quadrature, linear and nonlinear equation solving, least-squares fitting, and ordinary differential equations. The MATLAB computing environment is used. Vectorization, efficiency, reliability, and stability are stressed. Includes special lectures on parallel computation. COM S majors may use only one of the following toward their degree: COM S 321, 322, or 421.