- Time & Place
- Tu Th 2:00-3:15pm in MTH 0305
- Instructor
- Dr. T. von Petersdorff, office MTH 4409, e-mail tvp@math.umd.edu,
office hours Wed 10-12 (or by appointment)
- Grader
- Gunay Dogan, e-mail gunay@math.umd.edu
- Textbook
- Shampine, Allen, Pruess: Fundamentals of Numerical Computing,
Wiley. I will not follow the textbook very closely, and I recommend that you
take notes (in particular for least squares problems which are not in the textbook).
- Syllabus
- Corresponding sections in the textbook are given in parentheses. Some
additional material will be available on the course web page.
- Computer Arithmetic and Errors (1)
- Linear Systems of Equations (2.1-2.6)
- Interpolation (3.1-3.5)
- Linear Least Squares Problems
- Nonlinear Systems of Equations (4.1-4.5)
- Numerical Integration (5.1-5.3)
- Ordinary Differential Equations (6.1-6.5)
- Grading Policy
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- 2 Exams (Total 30%)
- Make-up exams will only be given for legitimate
and documented absences according to the University Assessment Policy
(www.testudo.umd.edu/soc/atedasse.html). You must notify me of any such absence
as soon as possible.
- Homeworks (Total 40%)
- There will be about 5 assignments, containing both theoretical
problems and computer problems with Matlab. If an assignment is late,
there will be a penalty of 15% for each day after the due date. You
can hand in assignments either in class, or you can slide
them under the door of my office (MTH 4409) until 9pm. You must
write the current time and date on your assignment when you slide it
under the door. The homeworks must be done individually by each student, sharing
of material (in particular code) is considered academic dishonesty.
- Final Exam (30%)
- The cumulative final exam will be on Wed, May 17, 10:30am-12:30am
in MTH0305.
- Matlab
- This course will use Matlab (version 6 or higher). You need a WAM or
Glue account, and a printing account. You can also buy the student version of
Matlab and use it on your own computer.
- Course Web Page
- www.wam.umd.edu/~petersd/460 gives additional information
about the course, e.g., hints for using Matlab and for the homework problems.
Please check this web page regularly.