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EC ENGR 133A · EE 133AApplied Numerical Computing

Electrical and Computer Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Introduction to numerical computing/analysis; analytic formulations versus numerical solutions; floating-point representations and rounding errors. Review of MATLAB; mathematical software. Linear equations; LU factorization; bounds on error; iterative methods for solving linear equations; conditioning and stability; complexity. Interpolation and approximation; splines. Zeros and roots of nonlinear equations. Linear least squares and orthogonal (QR) factorization; statistical interpretation. Numerical optimization; Newton method; nonlinear least squares. Numerical quadrature. Solving ordinary differential equations. Eigenvalues and singular values; QR algorithm; statistical applications.

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Requisites

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Enforced requisites: course 131A, and Civil Engineering M20 or Computer Science 31 or Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering M20.

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  • EC ENGR 131A
  • one of
    • C&EE M20
    • COM SCI 31
    • MECH&AE M20

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Requires

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EC ENGR 133A

  • EC ENGR 131AProbability and Statistics
    • MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
      • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series1 more beneath
      • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables1 more beneath
    • MATH 33BDifferential Equations
      • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
  • C&EE M20Introduction to Computer Programming with MATLAB
    • MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications
      • MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students1 more beneath
      • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
      • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it
  • COM SCI 31Introduction to Computer Science I
  • MECH&AE M20Introduction to Computer Programming with MATLAB
    • MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applicationsanother path to it

4 direct requisites. Showing 14 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

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EC ENGR 133A

  • EC ENGR 133BSimulation, Optimization, and Data Analysis
  • EC ENGR C147ANeural Networks and Deep Learning
    • EC ENGR C147BNeural Networks and Deep Learning II
    • EC ENGR 201CArtificial Intelligence on Chip
  • EC ENGR C247ANeural Networks and Deep Learning
    • EC ENGR C247BNeural Networks and Deep Learning II

3 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 6 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Fall 2025
  • Winter 2026
  • Fall 2026
  • Winter 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.