This聽unit聽of聽study聽provides an introduction to programming and numerical methods. Topics covered include computer arithmetic and computational errors, solution聽of聽nonlinear equations, systems聽of聽linear equations, numerical integration and differentiation, interpolation and approximation,聽 initial value problems for ordinary differential equations. This course will cover basic concepts聽of numerical optimization聽and applications聽such as for instance numerical optimization in the rapidly evolving聽domain聽of聽machine learning.
Unit details and rules
| Academic unit | Mathematics and Statistics Academic Operations |
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| Credit points | 6 |
| Prerequisites
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12 credit points of MATH2XXX or [6 credit points of MATH2XXX and (6 credit points of STAT2XXX or DATA2X02)] |
| Corequisites
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None |
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Prohibitions
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MATH3976 or MATH4076 |
| Assumed knowledge
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None |
| Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
| Coordinator | Eduardo Goldani Altmann, eduardo.altmann@sydney.edu.au |
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| Lecturer(s) | Eduardo Goldani Altmann, eduardo.altmann@sydney.edu.au |
| Tutor(s) | Ayesha Sohail, ayesha.sohail@sydney.edu.au |