Cairo University

Faculty of Engineering
Department of Mathematics and Engineering physics
Course Description and Outline
MTHN201 (Spring 2015)
Time and Location:
Group 2: Lectrire: Monday

Tutorial:
Group 1: Lecfure:
Tutorial:

Prep. Building

&,

Dr. Iman Elmaghrabi:

I 1:00
15:00
1 1:00
13:00

Dr. Iman Elmaghrabi

(20) 3'dfloor (Dr. Iman) ,

E-Mails: Dr.AmaniElgammal:
0ffice Hours: Dr. Amani:

to
8:00 to
11:00 to
13:00

Tuesday
Thursday
Thursday

Instructors: Dr. Amani Elgammal

of{ices:

8:00 to

4'h

floor (Dr Amani)

agammal@aucegypt.edu
dr elmaqrabi iman@vahoo.com

Tuesday

Dr.Iman: Sunday

from
from

10:30
11:00

to
to

12:00
14:00

Purpose of the Course: The goal of this course is two-fold: to study numerical methods
that will help us solve mathematical modeling problems and to leam how to implement
these numerical methods efficiently using MATLAB (the built in functions).

Textbook: Numerical Methodsfor Engineers, Sixth edition, by Steven C. Chapra and

Raymond P. Canale. Publisher: McGraw Hill.
Exams
There will be one midterm (usually on the 9ft week), and a final exam at the end of the
semester. The Midterm as well as the Final exam dates are set by the administration
and
will not be changed or postponed. The Final will be compreh"rrrlr". A project using
MATLAB will be submitted at the end of the semester as well.

Course Grading: The grade you receive will be based on your performance on the
midterm, assignments, and final exam according to the following tabli:
Proiect
Assignments, Attendance
4 Quizzes (6Yo each\
Midterm
Final Exam

7%
9%
24%

20%
40%

Important Remarks:

l.

Students must take the midterm and final examinations at the assigned time and place.

2.

You are strongly encouraged to seek help with your homework from the Teaching
Assistant or from your instructors.
The Final Exam is cornrprehensive (i.e. will include questions on all the material of
the course from the first day to the last day of the semester).
Class participation is required and encouraged. Feel free to ask any questions during
the lecture.
N0 Late assignments will be accepted after the deadlines specified in class.

3.

4.
5.

The followinq table is a tempted Schedule for Classes. Quizzes and Exams
Week
Week
number startins
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7/2/rs
2
a

4
5

7
8

10

l1
12
13

L4
15

16

Subject to be covered

Quizzes

Errors , Floating point. Taylor series

l4l2/ts Interpolation: General Newton, Lagrange,
Spline methods.
2U2/15
Curve fitting: Regression, Least square
method
28/2ns
Integration: Newton cotes, Trapezoidal,
Q1
Simpson ll3 &3/8
713lts
Integration (cont.): Romberg, Gauss
Quadrature, Multiple integral
t4/3/15
Solution of linear system Gauss-Seidel,
Tri-diagonal system (Ihomas algorithm),
LU decorlposition, SOR
2t/3lts
Solution of non linear system (Newton
Q2
and fixed point iteration)
28/3ns Eigen value problem (power method and
power method with deflation)
4t4t1s
Revision - Differentiation: Higher
accuracy & Richardson Extrapolation
MI DTERM (Exact date and place to be announced)
lll4/ts Solution of ordinary differential equations
Q3
Euler, Runge-Kutta
t8/4tr5
Stiffness & lVlulti-step Methods:
Predictor corrector (Milne-Adams)
25/4/ts
Solution of Partial differential equations
(regular) using finite difference method
215lt5
PDE with Irresular boundaries
Q+
915/ts
Examples for PDE
1615/15
Proiect presentations
23lsns
Revision
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