This course aims to introduce the student to C programming and to numerical methods

Computer Architecture: memory/processor model, memory organization, data formats, binary, octal, decimal, and hexadecimal arithmetic, processor organization, simple assembly language, preipherals.


The C Compiler: declarations, input/output, assignment statements, precedence, if, while, and for statements, functions, argument passing in functions, pointers, arrays, system libraries, mathematical function libraries, memory allocation.


Numerical Methods: Root Finding through Bracketing and Bisection, Newton Raphson method, Golden Section search in one dimension to find maxima and minima, Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations (initial value problems), Numerical Integration, Random Numbers.

Course Evaluation

Regular programming assignments, counts 25%
One 3-hour examination, counts 75%