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CMPSC 455Introduction to Numerical Analysis I

3 credits · Computer Science · Penn State

Floating point computation, numerical rootfinding, interpolation, numerical quadrature, direct methods for linear systems. Students may take only one course for credit from MATH 451 and MATH 455 .

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “( CMPSC 201 or CMPSC 202 or CMPSC 121 or CMPSC 131 ) and MATH 220 and ( MATH 230 or MATH 231 )”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 4 · Fall (3 programs).

One of the options in (1)

  • Computer Science, B.S. (Engineering)