A Beginner's Guide to Numerical Methods in MATLAB

Learn to select, apply and improve numerical methods.

What you'll learn
Understand about the ways computer store numbers
Choose the right numerical methods to solve a problem
Measure (and avoid) the errors inherent in numeric calculations
See how algorithms are implemented in MATLAB

Requirements
Basic math knowledge
Fundamental knowledge of computing
Some familiarity with MATLAB is required to follow the examples
Description
This course is about Numerical Methods and covers some of the popular methods and approaches being used daily by mathematicians and everyone involved in computation.

This course will teach you about

How computers store numbers: what is floating point, what is precision and accuracy.
The kinds of errors you are likely to encounter when applying numerical methods, and how to minimize them.
One- and Two-Point iterative methods
Interpolation and Curve Fitting
Numerical Differentiation and Integration
This course consists of the following materials:

Video lectures, covering both the theory as well as demonstrating practical computer applications
MATLAB files that you can download and run
Quizzes related to the covered topics
Who this course is for:
This course is designed for anyone interested in the numerical methods and their applications for solving real-world problems
Engineers, computer scientists, mathematicians and finance people will enjoy this course