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This image comes from "A Simple Mesh Generator in MATLAB" submitted to SIAM Review. The mesh was created using the truss model in Section 2.4 of the text; color shows distance to the boundary. (Image courtesy of Per-Olof Persson.)
Prof. Gilbert Strang
18.085
Fall 2008
Graduate
This course provides a review of linear algebra, including applications to networks, structures, and estimation, Lagrange multipliers. Also covered are: differential equations of equilibrium; Laplace's equation and potential flow; boundary-value problems; minimum principles and calculus of variations; Fourier series; discrete Fourier transform; convolution; and applications.
Note: This course was previously called "Mathematical Methods for Engineers I."
Strang, Gilbert. 18.085 Computational Science and Engineering I, Fall 2008. (MIT OpenCourseWare: Massachusetts Institute of Technology), http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-085-computational-science-and-engineering-i-fall-2008 (Accessed). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
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