| Date | Sections |
Assignments |
Assessments |
Comments |
| T 9/4 |
1.1 Calculus Review |
p 14, #1b, 2c, 3c, 4a, 5 |
Read 1.1 |
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| W 9/5 |
1.1 more Calculus Review |
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| F 9/7 |
Taylor Polynomials | pp14 - 15, #9, 19 |
Read 1.2 |
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| T 9/11 |
1.2 Round-off Errors and Computer Arithmetic |
pp 26-27, #1d, 2c, 3b, 4d, 7h, 17 |
Read 1.3 |
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| W 9/12 |
2.1 Bisection Algorithm |
pp 51-52, #1, 2a, 3a, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17 |
Read 2.1 |
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| F 9/14 |
2.1; 2.2 Fixed-Point Iteration |
did in class pp51-52#7, 11, 15, 16 |
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| T 9/18 |
Mathematica and software code 2.2 Fixed-Point Iteration |
pp 61-62, #1a, c, 2a&b (for a&c), 3, 5, 7, 15 |
Read 2.2 |
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| W 9/19 |
2.2 |
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| F 9/21 |
2.3 Newton's Method |
pp 71-72, #1, 2, 3, 5c, 7c, 9c, 13 |
PS I handed out |
Read 2.3 |
| T 9/25 |
2.3 |
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| W 9/26 |
2.4 Error Analysis and Iterative Methods |
pp 82-83, #1c, 3c, 6, 7, 8 | Read 2.4 |
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| F 9/28 |
2.4 |
PS I due 4pm (+10) |
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| M 10/1 | PSI due noon (+5) | |||
| T 10/2 |
2.6 Horner's Method |
p 96, #1e, 2e, 5a |
PS I new due date |
Read 2.6 |
| W 10/3 |
2.6; 3.1 Lagrange Polynomial Interpolation |
pp 115-116, #1b, 2a, 3b, 4a, 5a&9a, 13 |
Read 3.1 |
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| F 10/5 |
3.1 |
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| T 10/9 |
No Class |
Columbus Day Holiday | Monday classes meet |
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| W 10/10 |
4.1 Numerical Differentiation |
pp176-177, #1a, 2b. 3a, 4b, 5a, 7a |
Read 4.1 |
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| F 10/12 |
4.1 |
pp 177-78, #9b, 11b, 19 |
PS II handed out |
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| T 10/16 |
4.1, 4.2 Richardson's Extrapolation |
p 184, #1a, 5 |
Read 4.2 |
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| W 10/17 |
PS II discussion |
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| F 10/19 |
4.2, 4.3 Numerical Integration |
Read 4.3 |
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| T 10/23 | 4.3 |
p195, #1b, 3b, 5b, 7b, 9b, 11b, 13, 15, 17 |
PS II due; Midterm Exam handed out |
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| W 10/24 |
Available for Midterm questions |
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| F 10/26 |
4.3 examples; 4.4 Composite Numerical Integration |
pp. 203-204, #1a, 3a, 5a, 7, 9, 11, 13 |
Midterm Exam due |
Read 4.4 |
| T 10/30 |
4.4 |
Midterm returned |
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| W 10/31 |
4.5 Romberg Integration | pp 211-212, #1a, 3a, 5a, 9, 11 | Read 4.5 | |
| F 11/2 |
Distributed |
Mini-Lecture assignment |
PS III | |
| T 11/6 |
6.1 Linear Systems of Equations |
p. 356 #1a, b, d |
Read 6.1 |
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| W 11/7 |
6.1 Gaussian Elimination with Backward Substitution, ALG061 |
pp 356-57, #3a, 5a, b, 7a, 9 |
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| F 11/9 |
6.1 operation counts |
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| T 11/13 | 6.2 Pivoting Strategies | pp 368-69, #1b, 3b, 5b, 9a, 11a, 13a | PS III due | Read 6.2 |
| W 11/14 | 6.3 Linear Algebra and Matrix Inversion | |||
| F 11/16 | 6.4 Determinants | PS IV distributed | ||
| T 11/20 | No Class | Mini-lecture topics selection due | ||
| W 11/21 | No Class | Thanksgiving Holiday | ||
| F 11/23 | No Class | Thanksgiving Holiday | ||
| T 11/27 | 6.5 A = LU | pp 395-396, #1a, 5a, 7a | Read 6.5 | |
| W 11/28 | ||||
| F 11/30 | ||||
| T 12/4 | Mini-lectures | 1. Laura Hastings - Adaptive Numerical Integration | 2 .John Thompson - Euler's Method | |
| W 12/5 | Mini-lectures | 3. Dan Connolly - Algorithms and Convergence | ||
| F 12/7 | Mini-lectures | 4. Sarah Hanley - Bezier Curves | 5. Theresa Cortese - Gauss-Jordan Algorithm | |
| T 12/11 | Mini-lectures | 6. Lorrie Francis - Least Squares Approximation | 7. Bobby Hailer - Inverse Interpolation | |
| W 12/12 | Last Class; Mini-lectures | 8. Mike Bernasek - Partitioning Matrices | PS IV due; Final Exam distributed | |
| W 12/19 | 1:30 p.m. | Final Exam due 4:30 pm |