1. Newton's method
- Introduction. Secant's method (Doc 1)
- One variable Newton's method. Convergence, choice of the initial value. (doc 2) (Mathematica: Tutorial and Linear Algebra)
- Generalization to systems of non-linear equations.(Mathematica: Tutorial 2 and Newton's method)
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Supplement: Approximation by Taylor expansions of implicit functions occuring i the Implicit Function Theorem. ( Doc 3) Quasi-Newton methods. Broyden's method. Bassin of attraction and Fractals
2. Inverting a matrix
- Direct methods:Gauss Elimination, error and pivot's selection (Doc 4)
- Iterative methods:Jacobi, Gauss-Seidel (Doc 5)、 (Doc 6), (Mathematica's Problems)、 (Review problems、Solution)
- Iterative methods 2: Descent's method, Conjugate Gradient method, (Summary+Problems)
3. Approximation of eigenvalues
- Power method
- Householder's transformation
- QR decomposition, (Summary+Problems)