| Day (Week) |
Section |
Topic
• Materials |
Due or Exam
• Assigned |
M 8/23
(1) |
Ed's notes |
root finding
|
|
| W 8/25 |
Ed's notes |
cont. & Matlab intro
Octave Online |
|
| F 8/27 |
1.1 |
floating point basics (& Matlab intro) |
|
M 8/30
(2) |
|
cont. |
notes due |
| W 9/1 |
1.2 |
conditioning of problems |
|
| F 9/3 |
1.3 |
stability of algorithms
|
|
M 9/6
(3) |
|
no class: Labor Day |
no class |
| W 9/8 |
2.1 |
polynomial interpolation
|
A #1 due
|
| F 9/10 |
2.2 |
cont.; matrices |
|
M 9/13
(4) |
2.3 |
linear systems, and triangular linear systems |
|
| W 9/15 |
2.4 |
Gaussian elimination as LU factorization |
A #2 due
|
| F 9/17 |
|
cont.
|
|
M 9/20
(5) |
2.5 |
performance of algorithms |
|
| W 9/22 |
2.6 |
pivoting |
A #3 due
|
| F 9/24 |
|
Quarterterm Quiz
in class (F01) or proctored (FXA) |
Quarterterm Quiz |
M 9/27
(6) |
2.7 |
vector and matrix norms |
|
| W 9/29 |
2.8 |
matrix conditioning |
|
| F 10/1 |
2.9 |
banded matrices (matrix structure) |
A #4 due
|
M 10/4
(7) |
3.1 |
fitting to data (overdetermined systems) |
|
| W 10/6 |
3.2 |
normal equations |
|
| F 10/8 |
|
cont. |
|
M 10/11
(8) |
4.1 |
rootfinding (again) |
A #5 due
|
| W 10/13 |
4.2 |
fixed point iteration |
|
| F 10/15 |
|
Midterm Exam
in class (F01) or proctored (FXA) |
Midterm Exam |
M 10/18
(9) |
4.3 |
Newton method |
A #6 due |
| W 10/20 |
|
cont. |
A #6 due
|
| F 10/22 |
4.4 |
secant method |
|
M 10/25
(10) |
4.5 |
Newton method for systems |
|
| W 10/27 |
|
cont. |
|
| F 10/29 |
5.1 |
interpolation |
|
M 11/1
(11) |
5.2 |
piecewise-linear interpolation |
A #7 due |
| W 11/3 |
5.3 |
splines |
|
| F 11/5 |
5.6 |
numerial integration |
|
M 11/8
(12) |
|
cont. |
|
| W 11/10 |
5.7 |
adaptive integration |
A #8 due
|
| F 11/12 |
|
cont. |
|
M 11/15
(13) |
6.1 |
initial value problems |
|
| W 11/17 |
6.2 |
Euler's method |
A #9 due
|
| F 11/19 |
|
cont. |
|
M 11/22
(14) |
6.3 |
systems of differential equations |
|
| W 11/24 |
|
no class: Thanksgiving Break |
no class |
| F 11/26 |
|
no class: Thanksgiving Break |
no class |
M 11/29
(15) |
6.4 |
Runge-Kutta methods
heat flow in a rod |
A #10 due
|
| W 12/1 |
6.5 |
adaptive Runge-Kutta methods |
|
| F 12/3 |
10.2, 10.3 |
finite difference methods for BVPs
|
|
M 12/6
(16) |
|
no class: Finals Week |
no class
A #11 due |
| W 12/8 |
|
no class: Finals Week |
no class |
| F 12/10 |
|
Final Exam 10:15am-12:15pm
in class (F01) or proctored (FXA) |
Final Exam |