Numerical Methods Qualification Exam Problems and Solutions (University of Maryland)

This is a compilation of problems and solutions from past numerical methods qualifying exams at the University of Maryland.

Revision to solutions and alternate solutions are welcome.

Practice Problems and Solutions

Old Exams

Scanned pdf copies of past Numerical Analysis exams may be found here

• http://www.math.umd.edu/graduate/quals/NumericalAnalysis

Recommended Reading

AMSC 666

• The lecture notes are a superb review of AMSC 666 material. Rice University CAAM 453

AMSC 667

• Nice notes on the theory of Finite Element Methods RPI Finite Element Analysis Course Notes

AMSC666 Problems

August 2009 January 2009 August 2008 January 2008 August 2007 January 2007 August 2006 January 2006 August 2005 January 2005 August 2004 January 2004 August 2003 January 2003 August 2002 January 2002 August 2001 January 2001 August 2000 January 2000 August 1999 January 1999

AMSC667 Problems

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Questions

• Is there a more succinct or rigorous way to explain August_2006#Solution_2c