6.336J -- Introduction to Numerical Simulation
Course Description: Introduction to computational techniques for the simulation of a large variety of engineering and engineered systems. Applications drawn from aerospace, mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineering, biology, and materials science. Topics: mathematical formulations; network problems; sparse direct and iterative matrix solution techniques; Newton methods for nonlinear problems; discretization methods for ordinary, time-periodic and partial differential equations; fast methods for partial differential equations and integral equations, techniques for model order reduction of dynamical systems and approaches for molecular dynamics.

This class is at the Graduate level
This course is also known as: 2.096J, 16.910J
Instructor: L. Daniel, J. K. White, J. Peraire, A. T. Patera
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Prerequisites: 18.03 or 18.06

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