This course will draw heavily upon integration techniques. An introduction to theoretical computer science and further study of discrete mathematical structures which find applications in computer science. Note, CSC 351 and MTH 351 are the same course. This course prepares students for Seminar II, the capstone seminar, by instruction in library research and formal oral presentation on advanced mathematical topics selected by students and the instructor. Usually offered in the spring semester only.
Numerical analysis is essentially the study of approximations.
Often times, a mathematician may be faced with solving a problem for which an explicit answer is either extremely difficult or impossibly to find. In such a case approximation techniques may be used to obtain a good approximation to the actual answer, and the error involved can usually be controlled. In this course, numerical methods for solving problems requiring large amounts of computation will be covered. Great importance will also be placed upon error analysis for various numerical methods. Note, CSC 415 and MTH 415 are the same course.