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# <span style="color:rgb(213,80,0)">Numerical Methods with Applications</span>


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**Curriculum Module**

_Created with R2021b. Compatible with R2021b and later releases._


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**Curriculum Module**

_Created with R2021b. Compatible with R2021b and later releases._

# Information

This curriculum module contains interactive [MATLAB® live scripts](https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab/live-editor.html) that teach fundamental concepts and basic terminology related to designing and implementing numerical methods related to interpolation, numerical integration and differentiation, and numerical solutions to ordinary and partial differential equations.
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# Scripts
## [**Interpolation.mlx**](https://matlab.mathworks.com/open/github/v1?repo=MathWorks-Teaching-Resources/Numerical-Methods-with-Applications&project=NumericalMethods.prj&file=Interpolation.mlx)
| <img src="Images/hand.png" width="171" alt="hand.png"> <br> | **In this script, students will...** <br> <br>- define interpolation and explain how it is different from regression and extrapolation <br> <br>- demonstrate multiple solutions to an interpolation problem, even when interpolating by polynomials <br> <br>- implement three different interpolation functions <br> | **Applications** <br> <br>- Drawing a smooth rendition of their hand <br> <br>- Tracking the path of a cyclone <br> **Scaffolded Template Scripts** <br> [<samp>linInterp.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/linInterp.m) <br> [<samp>pcHInterp.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/pcHInterp.m) <br> [<samp>pcSpline.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/pcSpline.m) <br> |
| <img src="Images/hand.png" width="171" alt="hand.png"> <br> | **In this script, students will...** <br> <br>- define interpolation and explain how it is different from regression and extrapolation <br>- demonstrate multiple solutions to an interpolation problem, even when interpolating by polynomials <br>- implement three different interpolation functions <br> | **Applications** <br>- Drawing a smooth rendition of their hand <br>- Tracking the path of a cyclone <br><br> **Scaffolded Template Scripts** <br> [<samp>linInterp.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/linInterp.m) <br> [<samp>pcHInterp.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/pcHInterp.m) <br> [<samp>pcSpline.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/pcSpline.m) <br> |
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## Supporting Scripts
- [<samp>Hand.mlx</samp>](https://matlab.mathworks.com/open/github/v1?repo=MathWorks-Teaching-Resources/Numerical-Methods-with-Applications&project=NumericalMethods.prj&file=Hand.mlx)
- [<samp>TrackStorms.mlx</samp>](https://matlab.mathworks.com/open/github/v1?repo=MathWorks-Teaching-Resources/Numerical-Methods-with-Applications&project=NumericalMethods.prj&file=TrackStorms.mlx)
## [**NumericalDerivatives.mlx**](https://matlab.mathworks.com/open/github/v1?repo=MathWorks-Teaching-Resources/Numerical-Methods-with-Applications&project=NumericalMethods.prj&file=NumericalDerivatives.mlx)
| <img src="Images/NoisyDerivative.png" width="171" alt="NoisyDerivative.png"> <br> | **In this script, students will...** <br> <br>- determine numerical derivative approximations formulas <br> <br>- use Taylor's theorem to calculate the order of the error for a numerical approximation to a derivative <br> <br>- demonstrate how numerical derivatives can magnify approximation errors <br> | **Applications** <br> <br>- Numerical solutions to differential equations <br> |
| <img src="Images/NoisyDerivative.png" width="171" alt="NoisyDerivative.png"> <br> | **In this script, students will...** <br> <br> - determine numerical derivative approximations formulas <br>- use Taylor's theorem to calculate the order of the error for a numerical approximation to a derivative <br> - demonstrate how numerical derivatives can magnify approximation errors <br> | **Applications** <br>- Numerical solutions to differential equations <br> |
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## [**NumericalIntegration.mlx**](https://matlab.mathworks.com/open/github/v1?repo=MathWorks-Teaching-Resources/Numerical-Methods-with-Applications&project=NumericalMethods.prj&file=NumericalIntegration.mlx)
| <img src="Images/BakerLakeSR.png" width="171" alt="BakerLakeSR.png"> <br> | **In this script, students will...** <br> <br>- implement Euler's method, Gaussian 2\-point approximations, and Simpson's rule for numerical integration <br> <br>- explain why higher\-order approximations may not be appropriate in applications <br> | **Applications** <br> <br>- Measure the area of a lake <br> **Scaffolded Template Scripts** <br> [<samp>eulerMethod.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/eulerMethod.m) <br> [<samp>gauss2pt.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/gauss2pt.m) <br> [<samp>simpsonsRule.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/simpsonsRule.m) <br> |
| <img src="Images/BakerLakeSR.png" width="171" alt="BakerLakeSR.png"> <br> | **In this script, students will...** <br> <br> - implement Euler's method, Gaussian 2\-point approximations, and Simpson's rule for numerical integration <br> - explain why higher\-order approximations may not be appropriate in applications <br> | **Applications** <br> - Measure the area of a lake <br><br> **Scaffolded Template Scripts** <br> [<samp>eulerMethod.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/eulerMethod.m) <br> [<samp>gauss2pt.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/gauss2pt.m) <br> [<samp>simpsonsRule.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/simpsonsRule.m) <br> |
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## Supporting Scripts
- [<samp>MeasureLakeArea.mlx</samp>](https://matlab.mathworks.com/open/github/v1?repo=MathWorks-Teaching-Resources/Numerical-Methods-with-Applications&project=NumericalMethods.prj&file=MeasureLakeArea.mlx)
## [**NumericalODEs.mlx**](https://matlab.mathworks.com/open/github/v1?repo=MathWorks-Teaching-Resources/Numerical-Methods-with-Applications&project=NumericalMethods.prj&file=NumericalODEs.mlx)
| <img src="Images/image_6.png" width="171" alt="image_6.png"> <br> | **In this script, students will...** <br> <br>- implement Euler's method for first\-order initial value problems <br> <br>- calculate the error of their numerical solution <br> <br>- implement a trapezoidal method <br> <br>- implement a four\-step Runge\-Kutta method <br> <br>- compare results with the built\-in MATLAB solver <samp>ode45</samp> <br> | **Applications** <br> <br>- Model a pendulum with increasingly realistic assumptions <br> **Scaffolded Template Scripts** <br> [<samp>eulerMethodDE.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/eulerMethodDE.m) <br> [<samp>rk4.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/rk4.m) <br> |
| <img src="Images/image_6.png" width="171" alt="image_6.png"> <br> | **In this script, students will...** <br> <br> - implement Euler's method for first\-order initial value problems <br> - calculate the error of their numerical solution <br> - implement a trapezoidal method <br>- implement a four\-step Runge\-Kutta method <br> - compare results with the built\-in MATLAB solver <samp>ode45</samp> <br> | **Applications** <br> - Model a pendulum with increasingly realistic assumptions <br><br> **Scaffolded Template Scripts** <br> [<samp>eulerMethodDE.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/eulerMethodDE.m) <br> [<samp>rk4.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/rk4.m) <br> |
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## Supporting Scripts
- [<samp>PendulumModels.mlx</samp>](https://matlab.mathworks.com/open/github/v1?repo=MathWorks-Teaching-Resources/Numerical-Methods-with-Applications&project=NumericalMethods.prj&file=PendulumModels.mlx)
## [**NumericalPDEs.mlx**](https://matlab.mathworks.com/open/github/v1?repo=MathWorks-Teaching-Resources/Numerical-Methods-with-Applications&project=NumericalMethods.prj&file=NumericalPDEs.mlx)
| <img src="Images/heatSoln.gif" width="171" alt="heatSoln.gif"> <br> | **In this script, students will...** <br> <br>- identify errors from discretizing the problem and from discretizing the method and choose appropriate parameters to minimize overall error <br> <br>- explain the importance of stability when choosing a numerical method <br> <br>- implement explicit, implicit, and Crank\-Nicolson methods to solve a 1\-D heat equation <br> | **Applications** <br> <br>- Solve a heat equation <br> **Scaffolded Template Scripts** <br> [<samp>explicitPDE.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/explicitPDE.m) <br> [<samp>implicitPDE.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/implicitPDE.m) <br> [<samp>cnPDE.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/cnPDE.m) <br> |
| <img src="Images/heatSoln.gif" width="171" alt="heatSoln.gif"> <br> | **In this script, students will...** <br> <br> - identify errors from discretizing the problem and from discretizing the method and choose appropriate parameters to minimize overall error <br> - explain the importance of stability when choosing a numerical method <br> - implement explicit, implicit, and Crank\-Nicolson methods to solve a 1\-D heat equation <br> | **Applications** <br> - Solve a heat equation <br><br> **Scaffolded Template Scripts** <br> [<samp>explicitPDE.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/explicitPDE.m) <br> [<samp>implicitPDE.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/implicitPDE.m) <br> [<samp>cnPDE.m</samp>](./FunctionLibrary/cnPDE.m) <br> |
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# License
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