Numerical Analysis

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Mathematical Analysis, Modelling, and Applications, mathLab

Advanced Topics in Scientific Computing

This course provides a high level introduction to the numerical analysis of PDES and related high-performance computing techniques, focusing on problems in mechanics such as fluid dynamics. Students will acquire advanced understanding on Computational modelling techniques, both theoretical and practical. The course will utilise a combination of frontal lectures and live programming demonstrations using the C++ deal.ii (dealii.org) Finite Element Library.

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Dynamical inverse problem and particle filters for time dependent problems

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Numerical Solution of PDEs Using the Finite Element Method

The course "Numerical Solution of PDEs using the Finite Element Method" offers a focused exploration of solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) using the Finite Element Method (FEM), employing the deal.II software library. Key components of the course include an introduction to PDEs, basics of numerical methods and FEM analysis, practical training using deal.II, and hands-on projects. The course will also cover High-Performance Computing (HPC) techniques for parallelizing, optimizing, and load balancing FEM simulations for real-world applications.

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Introduction to numerical analysis and scientific computing with python

Syllabus 2023-2024

Basics on Scientific Computing
Vector spaces, vector norms, matrices, and matrix norms
Basic linear algebra: direct solution of linear systems
Not so basic linear algebra: iterative solution of linear systems
Polynomial interpolation
Interpolatory Quadrature rules
L2 projection / Least square approximation
Introduction to Finite Difference Methods
Introduction to Finite Element Methods

Python laboratories

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Numerical Solution of PDEs Using the Finite Element Method

Advanced course dedicated to the Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations through the deal.II Finite Element Library.

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Models and applications in Computational Fluid Mechanics

The course refers to the use of computational fluid dynamics techniques to address advanced applications in environmental, cardiovascular and industrial contexts. Each topic will be corroborated by a set of numerical examples to be performed within the open source C++ finite volume library OpenFOAM.