$$
\newcommand{\uex}{{u_{\small\mbox{e}}}}
\newcommand{\Aex}{{A_{\small\mbox{e}}}}
\newcommand{\half}{\frac{1}{2}}
\newcommand{\Oof}[1]{\mathcal{O}(#1)}
$$
Start-up example for the course
What if you don't have this ideal background?
- Students come to this course with very different backgrounds
- First task: summarize assumed background knowledge by going through
a simple example
- Also in this example:
- Some fundamental material on software implementation
and software testing
- Material on analyzing numerical methods to understand
why they can fail
- Applications to real-world problems
