HAX604X - Numerical analysis of differential equations

3rd year B.Sc, Montpellier Faculty of Sciences, 2025

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Contents

1) Introduction to Cauchy problems for ordinary differential equations

  • Numerical methods for solving differential equations
  • One-step methods: Euler, Runge-Kutta, error analysis, convergence
  • Multistep methods: Adams, BDF, stability considerations
  • Stiff problems and stability supplements

2) Introduction to partial differential equations

  • First-order linear PDEs: constant coefficients, characteristics, conservation laws
  • Finite difference methods: discretization principles, upwinding, stability, and other schemes
  • Diffusion equations: heat equation, convolution solution, Fourier series, finite difference discretization
  • Higher dimensions: Poisson equation