Optimization of a convex function of two variables. (Image courtesy of James W. Swan)
Instructor(s)
Prof. William Green, Jr.
Prof. James W. Swan
MIT Course Number
10.34
As Taught In
Fall 2015
Level
Graduate
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Course Description
Numerical methods for solving problems arising in heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics, chemical reaction engineering, and molecular simulation. Topics: Numerical linear algebra, solution of nonlinear algebraic equations and ordinary differential equations, solution of partial differential equations (e.g. Navier-Stokes), numerical methods in molecular simulation (dynamics, geometry optimization). All methods are presented within the context of chemical engineering problems. Familiarity with structured programming is assumed.
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