Syllabus
Math 620: Numerical Analysis I

Instructor: Andrei Draganescu
Office: MP420
Phone: 410-455-3237
Email: draga@math.umbc.edu
Website: http://www.math.umbc.edu/~draga/courses/math620

Classes: MW 5:30 - 6:45pm, SOND 103.

Office hours: MW 4 - 5, or by appointment.

Prerequisites: Math 221, Math 301, or instructor approval.

Texts:

• required: An Introduction to Numerical Analysis, 2nd edition, by Kendall E. Atkinson, John Wiley & Sons, 1989.
• recommended: Numerical Analysis: Mathematics of Scientific Computing, 3rd edition, by David Kincaid and Ward Cheney, Brooks/Cole 2002.

Course objectives: This course serves as an introduction to numerical analysis. The focus will be on the mechanisms lying at the basis of method design and error analysis. Topics include methods for solving linear and nonlinear equations, interpolation, function approximation, numerical differentiation and integration, and numerical solution of ordinary differential equations. Practical illustration of the methods will be done using Matlab.

Assignments: A number of homework assignments will accompany lectures, and they are central to understanding the material. Assignments will include theoretical questions, writing Matlab code, and interpreting results in view of the theory. You are encouraged to discuss homework problems in groups, but write-up and coding should be the result of individual work. Although not required, it is recommended that you write the solutions using 'latex'.

Tests: There will be one midterm and a final exam (see detailed schedule for exam dates).

Grading policy: Homework - 40%, Midterm - 30 %, Final Exam - 30%.

Score above	90%	80%	65%	50 %	otherwise
Letter grade	A	B	C	D	F

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