| Class | Date | Topic | Section(s) |
| 1 | We 08/31 | Introduction | |
| 2 | We 09/07 | Taylor's theorem and applications | 1.1 |
| 3 | Mo 09/12 | Nonlinear equations: bisection method, Newton's method. | 2.1, 2.2 |
| 4 | We 09/14 | Nonlinear equations: Newton's method, secant method. | 2.2, 2.3 |
| 5 | Mo 09/19 | Nonlinear equations: secant method, fixed point method. | 2.3, 2.5 |
| 6 | We 09/21 | Matrix norms. | 7.3 |
| 7 | Mo 09/26 | Matrix norms (continued). The contraction principle. | 7.3, 2.10 |
| 8 | We 09/28 | The contraction principle (continued). The fixed point method for systems of nonlinear equations. | 2.10 |
| 9 | Mo 10/03 | Newton's method for nonlinear systems. | 2.11 |
| 10 | We 10/05 | Polynomial interpolation theory. | 3.1 |
| 11 | Mo 10/10 | Newton divided differences. | 3.2 |
| 12 | We 10/12 | Hermite interpolation. | 3.6 |
| 13 | Mo 10/17 | Spline interpolation. | 3.7 |
| 14 | We 10/19 | review discussion | |
| 15 | Mo 10/24 | Midterm exam. | |
| 16 | We 10/26 | ||
| 17 | Mo 10/31 | ||
| 18 | We 11/02 | ||
| 19 | Mo 11/07 | ||
| 20 | We 11/09 | ||
| 21 | Mo 11/14 | ||
| 22 | We 11/16 | ||
| 23 | Mo 11/21 | ||
| 24 | We 11/23 | ||
| 25 | Mo 11/28 | ||
| We 11/30 | Thanksgiving | ||
| 26 | Mo 12/04 | ||
| 27 | We 12/07 | ||
| 28 | Tu 12/08 | ||
| 29 | Th 12/10 | ||
| Tu 12/22 | 3:30-5:30 PM Final Exam. Note the date and time! | ||