Math 426 - Introduction to Mathematical Software Packages: Matlab

Fall 2002 - Matthias K. Gobbert

Schedule

Math 426 is a 2-credit course. This schedule is designed to deliver these credits in a standard 3-credit time slot by meeting only for the first two-thirds of the semester. This choice was made to prevent unnecessary overlap of this course's time slot with other classes. To make the class meetings most effective, they are slightly lengthened to 80 minutes per meeting. This translates to 19 class meetings including the midterm (but excluding the final exam).

Unfortunately, I will still be out of town on Thursday, August 29, 2002. Therefore, there will be no class meeting on that day, and the schedule is moved back by one day.

This schedule is designed to give you an overview of the material to be covered and is tentative in nature. Only the major topics are listed, we will cover parts of several additional short chapters as part of the course, including Chapters 10, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, and 21.
The chapter numbers refer to Desmond J. Higham and Nicholas J. Higham, Matlab Guide, SIAM, 2000.

Lecture	Date	Main Topic
	Th 08/29	No class meeting, see note above
1	Tu 09/03	Chapter 1: A Brief Tutorial
2	Th 09/05	Chapter 1: A Brief Tutorial
3, #1	Tu 09/10	Chapter 2: Basics
4	Th 09/12	Chapter 3: Distinctive Features of Matlab
5, #2	Tu 09/17	Chapter 4: Arithmetic
6	Th 09/19	Chapter 5: Matrices
7, #3	Tu 09/24	Chapter 5: Matrices
8	Th 09/26	Chapter 6: Operators and Flow Control
9	Tu 10/01	Chapter 6: Operators and Flow Control
10, #4	Th 10/03	Chapter 7: M-Files
11	Tu 10/08	Chapter 7: M-Files
12	Th 10/10	Review
13, #5	Tu 10/15	Midterm Exam
14	Th 10/17	Chapter 8: Graphics: line plots
15	Tu 10/22	Chapter 17: Handle Graphics
16, #6	Th 10/24	Chapter 8: Graphics: surface plots
17	Tu 10/29	Chapter 8: Graphics: contour plots
18	Th 10/31	Chapter 19: The Symbolic Math Toolbox
19, #7	Tu 11/05	Computer numbers: IEEE-standard for floating-point arithmetic
	Th 11/07	Final Exam