Contact Info
Department of Applied Mathematics
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: 519-888-4567, ext. 32700
Fax: 519-746-4319
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Offered every winter and spring term.
Brief description:
Computational Math deals with the design of algorithms to perform mathematical calculations on a computer. Topics covered include the numerical evaluation of integrals, interpolation using splines, sparse linear systems, signal processing and image compression.
Prerequisites:
CS 134, MATH 235 and MATH 237.
Antirequisite:
CS 335, 370, ECE 204 and MTE 204
Intended audience:
- AM majors (required).
- CS majors (replaces CS 370).
- Students with an interest in Operations Research, Actuarial Science, Mathematical Finance, Economics.