| Day | Sect 
 | Topic 
 | Assigned
or
                      Due (and more on what you need to know from
                        lecture)
 
 | 
                
                  | Fri 9/2 
 | 1.1 
 | calculus
problems
                      revisited 
 | Assignment #1 (PDF) | 
                
                  | Mon 9/5 
 | 
 | Labor
                      Day 
 | no class | 
                
                  | Wed 9/7 
 | 
 | cont 
 | 
 | 
                
                  | Fri 9/9 
 | 
 | Taylor's theorem | 
 | 
                
                  | Mon 9/12 
 | 
 | Taylor examples | A#1
                        DUE 
 | 
                
                  | Wed 9/14 
 | 
 | cont 
 | A#1
                        DUE 
 Assignment
                          #2 (PDF)
 
 | 
                
                  | Fri 9/16 
 | 
 | cont; sqrt method
                      that uses how computers represent numbers 
 | An
                        awkward first method
                        for computing square root using only + and ∗ (PDF) plotpolysqrt.m
 edsqrt.m
 
 | 
                
                  | Mon 9/19 
 | 1.3 | computer
                      representation of numbers | from
                          solutions to A#1: bisectP1.m
 midpointP2.m
 from in-class session:
 class19sept.m
 
 | 
                
                  | Wed 9/21 
 | 1.5 
 | cont.; and another
                      Taylor example 
 | 
 | 
                
                  | Fri 9/23 
 | 2.1 
 | Horner's rule and
                      Matlab/Octave functions 
 | A#2
                        DUE example from in class:
 horner.m   (save
                      as "horner.m"
                      in current directory;  type ">> help horner" to
                      start)
 
 | 
                
                  | Mon 9/26 
 | 
 | Bueler
                      away online lecture = view PDF slides
 
 | How to
                          put a polynomial
                          through points
                        (PDF) from the slides:
 newt4.m
 Assignment #3 (PDF)
 | 
                
                  | Wed 9/28 
 | 
 | Bueler
                      away cont
 
 | same; please start
                      doing Assignment #3 | 
                
                  | Fri 9/30 | 
 | summary of what
                      appears on "How to put ..." slides, and the assignment | 
 | 
                
                  | Mon 10/3 | 2.4 | linear interpolation | A#3
                        DUE from solutions to A#3:
 randsevenpoly.m
 smoothpolyapprox.m
 
 | 
                
                  | Wed 10/5 | 
 | cont 
 | Assignment #4 (PDF) | 
                
                  | Fri 10/7 | 2.5 
 | trapezoid rule | 
 | 
                
                  | Mon 10/10 | 
 | cont 
 | from in-class
                      session: class10oct.m
 
 | 
                
                  | Wed 10/12 | 3.1 
 | bisection 
 | from in-class
                      session: mybisect.m
 | 
                
                  | Fri 10/14 | 3.2 | Newton's method | A#4
                        DUE from in-class session:
 class14oct.m
 from solutions to A#4:
 refinetrap.m
 mybisect.m
 
 | 
                
                  | Mon 10/17 
 | 3.5 
 | error formula for
                      Newton's method 
 | Assignment #5 (PDF) | 
                
                  | Wed 10/19 
 | 3.6 | convergence of
                      Newton's method | 
 | 
                
                  | Fri 10/21 
 | 
 | cont 
 | 
 | 
                
                  | Mon 10/24 
 | 3.3, 3.7 
 | how to stop Newton;
                      square roots for real 
 | from in-class
                      session: fastsqrt.m
 
 Midterm exam study
                          guide (PDF)
 
 | 
                
                  | Wed 10/26 
 | 
 | review; square roots cont.
 
 | A#5
                        DUE (make
                        yourself a copy
                        of what you turn in; I will distribute solutions
                        immediately)
 from solutions to A#5:
 mynewt.m
 exer5newt.m
 secant0.m
 nthpow.m
 nthroot.m
 
 | 
                
                  | Fri 10/28 
 | 
 | MIDTERM
                      EXAM (in class)
 
 
 | MIDTERM
                      EXAM (in class)
 Midterm exam study
                              guide (PDF)
 | 
                
                  | Mon 10/31 
 | 3.8 | secant method 
 | from in-class
                      session: trysecant.m
 notes:
 (1) Subsection 3.10.3 shows secant method has order
                      of
                      convergence p = (1+sqrt(5))/2 = 1.618...
 (2) Subsection 3.10.5 shows how to combine secant
                      method with
                      bisection to get a "hybrid" method which is robust and
                      fast.
 (3) Matlab/Octaves's fzero is a hybrid called "Brent's
                      method" like
                      that in subsection 3.10.5.
 
 | 
                
                  | Wed 11/2 
 | 4.1 
 | polynomial
                      interpolation 
 | Assignment #6 (PDF) 
 | 
                
                  | Fri 11/4 
 | 4.3 
 | error in polynomial
                      interpolation 
 | from in-class
                      session: class4nov.m
 
 | 
                
                  | Mon 11/7 
 | 
 | cont 
 | from in-class
                      session: chebdemo.m
 
 | 
                
                  | Wed 11/9 
 | 4.2 | Newton's divided
                      differences | 
 | 
                
                  | Fri 11/11 
 | 5.1, 5.2 | what definite
                      integrals mean; improving the trapezoid rule | A#6
                        DUE from solutions to A#6:
 allsolve.m
 polyget.m
 
 | 
                
                  | Mon 11/14 
 | 5.3 | Simpson's rule | 
 | 
                
                  | Wed 11/16 
 | 5.4 
 | cont; midpoint rule 
 | Assignment #7 (PDF) | 
                
                  | Fri 11/18 
 | 
 | cont 
 | from in-class
                      session: simptrapcos.m
 
 | 
                
                  | Mon 11/21 
 | 
 | Romberg integration | 
 | 
                
                  | Wed 11/23 
 | 
 | cont 
 | A#7
                        DUE from solutions to A#7:
 simpfres.m
 from in-class session:
 class23nov.m
 trap.m
 romberg.m   
                      % calls
                      trap.m
 fastromberg.m
 
 | 
                
                  | Fri 11/25 
 | 
 | Thanksgiving
                        break 
 | no
                        class 
 | 
                
                  | Mon 11/28 
 | 7.1, 7.2 
 | linear systems and
                      Gaussian elimination 
 | Assignment #8 (PDF) from in-class session:
 class28nov.m
 | 
                
                  | Wed 11/30 
 | 7.3 
 | cont; operation
                      counts 
 | from in-class
                      session, but completed: ge.m
 
 | 
                
                  | Fri 12/2 
 | 
 | cont. 
 | 
 | 
                
                  | Mon 12/5 
 | 
 | partial pivoting 
 | A#8
                        DUE from in-class session, but completed
 (this code *does* do partial pivoting):
 gelessnaive.m
 | 
                
                  | Wed 12/7 
 | 6.1 
 | ODE IVP 
 | A#8
                        DUE 
                        REVISED DATE! from solutions to A#8:
 trisolve.m
 gerrr.m
 rombergmod.m
 
 | 
                
                  | Fri 12/9 
 | 2.3, 6.2 
 | review for final,
                      and Euler's method
 
 | Final
                              Exam study guide (PDF) | 
                
                  | Mon 12/12 
 | 
 | cont 
 | last
                        day of instruction from in-class session:
 myeuler.m
 | 
                
                  | Fri 12/16 
 | 
 | FINAL
                      EXAM 10:15am-12:15
 (in-class)
 
 | FINAL
                      EXAM 10:15am-12:15
 (in-class; no notes; no book; no calculator)
 |