| Class | Date | Time / Main Topic | Section(s) / Room |
| 1 | We 08/27 | Overview | |
| Mo 09/01 | Labor Day | ||
| We 09/03 | 12:00-01:00 CIRC Software Workshop: Basic MATLAB | ENGR 122 | |
| 2 | We 09/03 | Gaussian elimination: LU factorization | 8.1 |
| 3, #1 | Mo 09/08 | Taylor's theorem in one dimension | 1.1 |
| 4 | We 09/10 | Taylor's theorem in higher dimensions | 1.1 |
| 5 | Mo 09/15 | Interpolation: existence and uniqueness | 3.1 |
| We 09/17 | 12:00-01:00 CIRC Software Workshop: Basic Programming in MATLAB | ENGR 122 | |
| 6, #2 | We 09/17 | Interpolation: Newton divided differences, error theorem | 3.2 |
| Th 09/18 | 12:00-01:00 Mathematica Workshop offered by Wolfram Research | TBA | |
| 7 | Mo 09/22 | Interpolation: problems with equidistant nodes | 3.5 |
| 8 | We 09/24 | Interpolation: cubic spline interpolation | 3.7 |
| 9 | Mo 09/29 | Numerical differentiation: idea and methods | 5.7 |
| We 10/01 | 12:00-01:00 CIRC Software Workshop: 3-D Graphics in MATLAB | ENGR 122 | |
| 10, #3 | We 10/01 | Numerical differentiation: errors and effect of round-off | 5.7 |
| 11 | Mo 10/06 | Library Research Techniques | Library 259 |
| 12 | We 10/08 | Numerical integration: idea and trapezoidal rule | 5.1 |
| 13, #4 | Mo 10/13 | Numerical integration: Simpson and other rules | 5.2 |
| We 10/15 | 12:00-01:00 CIRC Software Workshop: COMSOL Multiphysics | ENGR 122 | |
| 14 | We 10/15 | Numerical integration: Gaussian quadrature | 5.3 |
| 15 | Mo 10/20 | Approximation: concepts and theory | 4.1-4.3 |
| 16, #5 | We 10/22 | Approximation: orthogonal polynomials | 4.4 |
| 17 | Mo 10/27 | Rootfinding: basic methods | 2.0-2.3 |
| We 10/29 | 12:00-01:00 CIRC Software Workshop: MPI (Message Passing Interface) | ENGR 122 | |
| 18 | We 10/29 | Rootfinding: theory of fixed-point methods | 2.5 |
| 19, #6 | Mo 11/03 | Midterm exam | |
| 20 | We 11/05 | Systems of nonlinear equations: Newton's method | 2.10, 2.12 |
| 21, #7 | Mo 11/10 | Systems of nonlinear equations: Newton's method | 2.11 |
| We 11/12 | 12:00-01:00 CIRC Software Workshop: Advanced Programming in MATLAB | ENGR 122 | |
| 22 | We 11/12 | Numerical o.d.e.'s: problem and mathematical theory | 6.1 |
| 23 | Mo 11/17 | Numerical o.d.e.'s: basic methods, local truncation error | 6.2-6.5 |
| 24, #8 | We 11/19 | Numerical o.d.e.'s: accuracy and stability | 6.2 |
| 25 | Mo 11/24 | Numerical o.d.e.'s: linear multi-step methods | 6.8 |
| 26 | We 11/26 | Numerical o.d.e.'s: Runge-Kutta methods | 6.10 |
| 27, #9 | Mo 12/01 | Numerical o.d.e.'s: methods for stiff problems | 6.9 |
| 28 | We 12/03 | Computer numbers: IEEE-standard for floating-point numbers | 1.2 |
| 29 | Mo 12/08 | Computer numbers: IEEE-standard for floating-point numbers | 1.2 |
| M 12/15 | 03:30-05:30 Final Exam Note the date and time! | ||