| 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)  |