Lecture 5 of Numerical methods I (wi2604)

• The following subjects are discussed:
  
  
  • test equation, amplification factor
  • approximation error, consistence
  • stability of a differential equation, numerical stability
  • convergence, global error, efficiency
    
    
  Corresponding pages in the lecture notes: pages 73-78 and 81-83
  
  
• Historical remarks
  
  
• Excercises and answers
  
  
• Additional information
  
  
  • Part of this lecture can be followed via internet.
  • Instable physical phenomena: The Tacoma Bridge, The Erasmus Bridge (Dutch) and The Millennium Bridge
  • Slide show