Introduction to

Numerical
Computing
What are Numerical Methods

 Numerical Methods develop accurate and fast

approximations to problems whose exact
solutions are difficult to find because of their
complexity

 “The time rate change of momentum of a body is equal to

the resulting force acting on it.”
MATLAB

 MATLAB is a numerical computing

environment used to:
 Manipulate large amount of data
 Plot functions and visualize data
graphically
 Develop Programs to process data
 Model and simulate real-life systems
 Applications
 Civil Engineering  Electrical and Computer Engineering
 Structural Analysis  Network Analysis
 Signal Processing
 Traffic Simulations
 Electromagnetic Fields
 Environmental Simulations
 Power Electronics
 Geographic Information Systems and
 Neural Networks
GPS
 Artificial Intelligence

 Mechanical and Aero Space Engineering  Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering

 Heat Flow  Molecular Modeling
 Fluid Dynamics  System Simulation
 Structural Optimizations  Biomechanical and Biomedical Engineering
Why do we learn math when we
have computers
 A nail gun helps you
build a house faster,
but it doesn’t tell you
how to build it safely

 A computer is a
powerful tool to solve
math problems, but
you have to know
how to use it correctly