Special Topics in Computer Science. Foundations of Computing. Introduces several theoretical areas which are the basis of computer science. Languages and automata, computability, complexity, analysis of algorithms, logic, and the specification and correctness of programs. Technique of numerical analysis in solving problems involving solutions of nonlinear equations, linear algebra, linear systems, matrix inversion, and eigenvalue problems.
Examples use the university computers.
Cross listed with MATH 4320. Reviews methods for solving equations, interpolation, difference operators, integration, numerical solution of ordinary and partial differential equations. Examples using computers. Cross listed with MATH 4340. Introduces simulation and comparison with other techniques.