The content

This one semester course is on

• The C++ language (*)
• An introduction to the theory of computer languages
• An introduction to computer graphics
• Basic UNIX commands (*)
• Some simple C functions from the Xwindows library (*)
• Programming the Finite Element Method.
• Compact storage, direct and iterative methods to solve Ax=b.
• The linear Partial Differential Equations of Physics
• The Finite Difference Methods for time dependent problems.
• The GMRES method for nonsymmetric or nonlinear problems

You are expected to spend about 12 hours on each lesson including exercises and programs. Items marked with a (*) have no written notes and are learned "de facto" by practice while doing the rest.

The final stage is a project, similar to freefem though shorter. This year an introduction to automatic differentiation within freefem will be the project.