MATH 451 -- Numerical Computation, Spring 2017

          Lecture: Section 1 MWF 2:30 pm - 3:20 pm, Earth and Engineering Science Building 119

          Office Hours: M 11:00 am -- 12:10 pm, W 12:20 pm -- 1:30 pm, or by appointment

          Office: McAllister Building 316
    Syllabus: pdf

    Textbook: An Introduction to Numerical Computation by Wen Shen.

    Exam Announcements:
    Midterm 1: February 20, in class
    Midterm 2: April 3, in class
    Final: May 3, 2:30 PM -- 4:20 PM, Keller Building 104

    Reference:
    MATLAB tutorial
    GNU Octave
    GNU Octave online compiler

    Class Schedule:
     
    Monday
    Tuesday
    Wednesday
    Thursday
    Friday
    Week 1 (01/09-01/13) Sec 1.1, 1.2

    Introduction to MATLAB

    Lab 1
    Week 2 (01/16-01/20) No class
    Sec 1.3, 1.4

    HW 1, Sec 1.4, 1.5
    Week 3 (01/23-01/27) Sec 1.5, 1.6
    Quiz 1, Sec 2.1

    HW 2, Sec 2.2
    Week 4 (01/30-02/03) Sec 2.4

    Lab 2
    HW 3, Sec 5.1, 5.2
    Week 5 (02/06-02/10) Sec 5.2, 5.3

    Quiz 2, Sec 5.3

    HW 4, Sec 5.4
    Week 6 (02/13-02/17) Sec 5.4

    Sec 5.5, 5.6

    Review for 1st midterm
    Week 7 (02/20-02/24) Midterm 1
    Lab 3
    HW 5,  4.1, 4.2
    Week 8 (02/27-03/03) Sec 4.2, 4.3

    Quiz 3, Sec 4.7

    Sec 4.7
    Week 9 (03/06-03/10) No class
    No class
    No class
    Week 10 (03/13-03/17) Sec 6.1, 6.2

    Quiz 4, Sec 6.2, 6.3

    HW 6, Sec 6.3
    Week 11 (03/20-03/24) Sec 6.3

    Lab 4 (I)

    HW 7, Sec 6.4
    Week 12 (03/27-03/31) Sec 6.7

    Lab 4 (II)
    Review for midterm 2
    Week 13 (04/03-04/07) Midterm 2
    Sec 6.7

    HW 8, Sec 7.1, 7.2
    Week 14 (04/10-04/14) Sec 7.3

    Quiz 5, Sec 7.4

    HW 9, Sec 7.4, 7.7
    Week 15 (04/17-04/21) Sec 7.7, 9.1

    Lab 5
    Sec 9.2, Stability analysis
    Week 16 (04/24-04/28) HW 10, Sec 9.3
    Lab exercise

    Review