2018-10-12
Tieteellinen laskenta
Hints for exam:

The questions may concern e.g. the following topics:

1) Roundoff errors in computing:
   a. floating point arithmetic, machine epsilon, cancelation of significant digits 
   b. the role of cond(a) in solution of linear system ax =b

2) Polynomials: interpolation, polynomial fitting, different interp methods, 2Dinterp,
   Wilkinson and Runge problems

3) Nonlinear fitting with parfit or parf18: model, object function

4) Choosing discretization step h in numerical differentiation

5) Newton method for 2D case

6) Example programs of lectures