ASTRO 7340 - [Symbolic and Numerical Computing]

Fall. Next Offered: 2019-2020. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Co-meets with ASTRO 3340.

D. Chernoff.

Introduces modern symbolic manipulator programs, such as Mathematica and Maple, to students of quantitative disciplines. The course will cover language concepts, programming tools and techniques necessary to use these applications efficiently. It will draw examples from a wide variety of fields including mathematics, astronomy, physics, engineering, biology, statistics, and finance and the general topic of big data. The aim is to acquaint students with the integrated symbolic, numerical, and graphical capabilities that they may be applied to individual areas of interest.