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Numerical Methods in Biomedicine
Engineering & Social Sciences Program
Madrid, Spain
Dates: mid Jan 2026 - early Jun 2026
Numerical Methods in Biomedicine
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Biomedical Engineering
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 15543
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 200
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
Prerequisites: Calculus I, Calculus II, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Computer Programming
DESCRIPTION
PROGRAMME
1- PRINCIPLES OF NUMERICAL MATHEMATICS.
Well-Posedness and Condition Number of a Problem
Stability of Numerical Methods.
The Floating-Point Number System.
2- ROOTFINDING OF NONLINEAR EQUATIONS.
Conditioning of a Nonlinear Equation.
The Newton-Raphson Method.
Newton's Methods for Simultaneous Nonlinear Equations.
3- UNCONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION.
Necessary and Sufficient conditions for Optimality. Convexity.
Optimization Methods.
4- FINITE DIFFERENCE METHODS: INTERPOLATION, DIFFERENTIATION AND INTEGRATION.
Backward, Forward, and Central Differences.
Interpolation and Extrapolation methods.
5- NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS OF ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS (ODEs).
ODEs and Lipschitz Condition.
One Step Numerical Methods.
Zero-Stability, Convergence Analysis and Absolute Stability.
Consistency.
Numerical methods for ODEs.
Systems of ODEs.
Stiff Problems.
6- APROXIMATION THEORY.
Fourier Transform.
1- PRINCIPLES OF NUMERICAL MATHEMATICS.
Well-Posedness and Condition Number of a Problem
Stability of Numerical Methods.
The Floating-Point Number System.
2- ROOTFINDING OF NONLINEAR EQUATIONS.
Conditioning of a Nonlinear Equation.
The Newton-Raphson Method.
Newton's Methods for Simultaneous Nonlinear Equations.
3- UNCONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION.
Necessary and Sufficient conditions for Optimality. Convexity.
Optimization Methods.
4- FINITE DIFFERENCE METHODS: INTERPOLATION, DIFFERENTIATION AND INTEGRATION.
Backward, Forward, and Central Differences.
Interpolation and Extrapolation methods.
5- NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS OF ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS (ODEs).
ODEs and Lipschitz Condition.
One Step Numerical Methods.
Zero-Stability, Convergence Analysis and Absolute Stability.
Consistency.
Numerical methods for ODEs.
Systems of ODEs.
Stiff Problems.
6- APROXIMATION THEORY.
Fourier Transform.