Archived course page: The information below refers to the summer term 2020 and winter term 2020/21.

Overview

  • Lecturer: Raphael Kruse
  • Teaching assistant: Maren Hantke
  • Format: 4 hours of lectures and 2 hours of tutorials per week in each term
  • Language: German

Together, these two courses formed the compulsory Numerics module for the Bachelor’s programme in Mathematics. Students from other degree programmes were welcome.

Topics

  • Implementation and use of numerical methods in Python
  • Floating-point numbers and arithmetic
  • Conditioning and stability
  • Direct and iterative methods for linear systems
  • Linear least-squares problems
  • Eigenvalue problems
  • Nonlinear systems of equations
  • Interpolation and approximation of functions
  • Numerical integration and differentiation

No prior experience in Python programming was required.

Programming exercises

Programming assignments formed an essential part of the tutorials. Submission and review were organised using the Institute’s Git server.