Algorithmization and Programming

Lecturer:

Petr Sváček

Tutor:

Marta Čertíková, Petr Sváček

Supervisor:

Department of Technical Mathematics

Synopsis:

Students are acquainted with programming language C and exercised at basic problems of numerical mathematics.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

Illustration of a simple program, translation, loading and debugging program. Basic elements of C, variables and arrays. Expressions. Assignment expression and statement. Operators of incrementation and decrementation, if statement and conditional expression, switch statement. Go statement, loop statement. Input and output statements. Functions, call by reference and value. Solution of equations f(x) = 0. Numerical integration. Recursive function, pointers, dynamic allocation of memory. Sorting. Solution of system linear equations by finite and iterative methods. Type typedef, enumeration type, structures. Date structures in language C.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Illustration of a simple program, translation, loading and debugging program. Basic elements of C, variables and arrays. Expressions. Assignment expression and statement. Operators of incrementation and decrementation, if statement and conditional expression, switch statement. Go statement, loop statement. Input and output statements. Functions, call by reference and value. Solution of equations f(x) = 0. Numerical integration. Recursive function, pointers, dynamic allocation of memory. Sorting. Solution of system linear equations by finite and iterative methods. Type typedef, enumeration type, structures. Date structures in language C.

Study Objective:

1. Example of elementary program, program structure, programming process;, Algorithm statements; Building blocks of C language;, 2. Statements, assignment, priorities of operations; Mathematical functions, standard libraries; Flow control: Conditional statement, Switch, Goto;, 3. Cycles: For, While, Do-while; Break; Continue;, 4. Formatted and unformatted intput/output; Input/output from data files;, 5. Functions - call by value, call by reference; Recursive functions;, 6. Pointers; Array as a parameter of function; function as a parameter of function; Data types typedef, enumeration, structure;, 7. Dynamic memory allocation: one-dimensional arrays, multi-dimensional arrays;, 8. Sorting: direct selection, bubblesort, shakesort, quicksort;, 9. Numerical integration: trapezoidal method, Simpson's method;, 10. Equation f(x)=0: bisection method, iterative method, Newton's method;, 11. System of linear algebraic equations: Finite methods: Gaussian elimination, Gaussian elimination for tridiagonal system;, 12. System of linear algebraic equations: Iterative methods: Jacobi's method, Gauss-Seidel method;, 13. Cauchy problem for one ordinary differential equation

Study materials:

Barclay,K.A.: ANSI C Problem Solving and Programming, Prentice Hall 1990;, www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

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Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: