Objectives of general skills

• Understand the fundamentals
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of mathematics suitable for the study of physics, and be able to use this mathematics in applications in the field of physics
• Undertake further study having already acquired and enhanced the necessary learning skills
• Provide clear and accurate information
• Communicate complex information to a qualified scientific partner
• Grow personally and professionally
• Have developed generic skills that are applicable in other contexts, especially a basic knowledge of chemistry, the use of the English language and understanding programming techniques

UE's Learning outcomes

At the end of the instruction, the students will be able to
• explain the basic methods of numerical analysis;
• rigorously justify their convergence on concrete problems;
• program them on a computer.

UE Content

Root finding algorithms: bisection, false position, secant, Newton, fix point, theorems guaranteeing convergence, numerical errors and conditioning, interpolation and least squares, ordinary differential equations and integration (introduction).

Prior experience

Not applicable

Term 1 for Integrated Assessment - type

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Term 1 for Integrated Assessment - comments

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Term 2 for Integrated Assessment - type

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Term 2 for Integrated Assessment - comments

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Term 3 for Integrated Assessment - type

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Term 3 for Integrated Assessment - comments

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Resit Assessment for IT - Term 1 (B1BA1) - Comments

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