Lecture 11 of Numerical methods for differential equations (CTB2400)

• The following subjects are discussed:
  
  
  • Bisection method, convergence, termination criterion
  • Fixed point iteration, linear convergence
    
    
  Corresponding pages in the book: pages 39-49. The lecture is also available via collegerama.
  
  
• Historical remarks
  
  
• Easy exercises of Chapter 4.
  
  
• Exercises 1 and 2 of page 47 can be made ( answers)
  
  
• Additional information
  
  
  • Applications from water problems.
  • Illustration of a convergent fixed point process.
  • Illustration of a divergent fixed point process.