Math 341 - Computational Methods

Spring 2009 - Andrei Draganescu

Detailed Schedule


This schedule is tentative, and will continously suffer corrections.
The chapter numbers refer to the text, Grasselli & Pelinovsky, Numerical Mathematics, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2008.
Class Date Topic Section(s)
1 Mo, Jan 26 Introduction.
2 We, Jan 28 Linear algebra review. Vector and matrix norms. 2.1-2.4
3 Mo, Feb 2 Vector and matrix norms (cont.). Direct methods. 2.4, 2.5
4 We, Feb 4 Direct methods (cont.). Introduction to Matlab. 2.5
5 Mo, Feb 9 Iterative methods: motivation and general framework. 2.6
6 We, Feb 11 Iterative methods: the Jacobi method. 2.6
7 Mo, Feb 16 Nonlinear equations: the bisection method. 8.1
8 We, Feb 18 Nonlinear equations: the contraction principle and the fixed-point method. 8.1
9 Mo, Feb 23 Nonlinear equations: the fixed-point method; classification of fixed points. Test review. 8.1
10 We, Feb 25 First midterm exam.
11 Mo, Mar 2 Nonlinear equations: the Newton-Raphson and secant methods. 8.1
12 We, Mar 4 Systems of nonlinear equations: the fixed-point method. 8.2
13 Mo, Mar 9 Systems of nonlinear equations: the Newton-Raphson method. 8.2
14 We, Mar 11 TBA
15 Mo, Mar 23 TBA
16 We, Mar 25 TBA
17 Mo, Mar 30 TBA
18 We, Apr 1 TBA
19 Mo, Apr 6 TBA
20 We, Apr 8 Second midterm exam.
21 Mo, Apr 13 TBA
22 We, Apr 15 TBA
23 Mo, Apr 20 TBA
24 We, Apr 22 TBA
25 Mo, Apr 27 TBA
26 We, Apr 39 TBA
27 Mo, May 4 TBA
28 We, May 6 TBA
29 Mo, May 11 TBA
MO, MAY 18 (1 - 3 PM) FINAL EXAM note special date and time

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