2024 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Undergraduate major in Mechanical Engineering
Applied Numerical Mathematics
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Mechanical Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Masafumi Okada
- Class Format
- Lecture/Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Mon
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MEC.B332
- Number of credits
- 0.50.50
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Eigen value decomposition and numerical solution of differential equations are widely used in not only mechanical engineering but also most of science and engineering research fields. Because of a benefit of innovation of technology, many generalized software and simulators are available, but it is required to understand operating principle of mathematics and physics.
This course focuses on mathematical principle for programming which contains applied linear algebra, optimization method and numerical solution of differential equations.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to;
(a) Understand Eigen value and Eigen vector of a matrix,
(b) Calculate inverse/pseudo-inverse of a matrix.
(c) Understand the solution of the least square and optimization.
(d) Learn numerical solution of differential equation and its stability.
(e) Learn programming skill applying the above methods.
Keywords
Inverse problem, Eigen value decomposition, Singular value decomposition, Least square method, Differential equation
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
- Learning of 6 and 7 in learning objective.
Class flow
This course is organized by lecture and exercise.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Vector, Space, Matrix and Projection | Acquire a concept of n-dimensional space. Projection is represented by a matrix |
| Class 2 | Positive and negative of matrix, null space | Understand positive/negative of matrix and null space |
| Class 3 | Norm of vector and matrix (eigenvalue and power of matrix) | Understand norm, eigenvalue decomposition |
| Class 4 | Solution of inverse problem (inverse matrix, singular value decomposition) | Understand inverse/pseudo-inverse matrix and singular value decomposition |
| Class 5 | Optimization method and Least square method | Understand optimizatioin algorithm and least square method |
| Class 6 | Numerical solution of differential equations | Aqurie numerical solution of differential equation |
| Class 7 | Explicit and implicit methods for differential equations | Understand explicit and implicit methods |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None(Some handouts will be distributed)
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None
Evaluation methods and criteria
Evaluate by final examination.
This may be subject to change depending on circumstances.
Related courses
- MEC.B232 ： Fundamentals of Numerical Analysis
Prerequisites
Fundamentals of Numerical Analysis.
Students who enrolled on or after April 1, 2023 (23B-) are not eligible to take this course in the 2024 academic year.