Current Events > I got a HOT tip for you current STEM majors.

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Take a numerical analysis course, it is amazing. Depending on the school it should be an elective for any of those majors. Kind of makes me wish I was an applied math major instead.

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I can imagine that would be fantastically useful.

Can you give us an idea of something you might learn how to do in a course like that? I feel like what Im imagining is probably wrong and the result of way too much calculus breaking my brain.

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divot1338 posted...

I can imagine that would be fantastically useful.

Can you give us an idea of something you might learn how to do in a course like that? I feel like what Im imagining is probably wrong and the result of way too much calculus breaking my brain.

The one i am in covers the main subjects:

Solving nonlinear equations numerically which covers bisection method, newton's method, and secant method

Solving systems linear equations numerically using Gaussian Elimination and Jacobian Method

Integration using all those rules you learned together in like one subject in calculus if your calculus class covered it (Simpson's rule, trapezoind rule) but expanded further to real world application like adaptive Simpson's Rule and Gaussian Quadratures.

Interpolation given a set of any points finding a function that passes through all those points to represent it. Basically using splines.

Numeric solution means finding the exact value or as close as possible rather than approximations which is what you get a lot of in calculus.

Basically learn the theory behind all that stuff, how to do it, and how to use/create algorithms for it. If you are interested in what a lot of that stuff above means just look it up. Should get a pretty good idea.

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Dakimakura posted...

The one i am in covers the main subjects:

Solving nonlinear equations numerically which covers bisection method, newton's method, and secant method

Solving systems linear equations numerically using Gaussian Elimination and Jacobian Method

Integration using all those rules you learned together in like one subject in calculus if your calculus class covered it (Simpson's rule, trapezoind rule) but expanded further to real world application like adaptive Simpson's Rule and Gaussian Quadratures.

Interpolation given a set of any points finding a function that passes through all those points to represent it. Basically using splines.

Numeric solution means finding the exact value or as close as possible rather than approximations which is what you get a lot of in calculus.

Basically learn the theory behind all that stuff, how to do it, and how to use/create algorithms for it. If you are interested in what a lot of that stuff above means just look it up. Should get a pretty good idea.

Its definitely a good idea then. I annoyed the shit out of my Calculus AP techer in high school over shit like this and she was extremely cool about it.

Im one of those people who just doesnt accept a thing working unless they know how so Ive kind of already learned most of that stuff.

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