Numerical Analysis

Math 685 / CSI 700

Fall 2008


The following table contains the schedule for the course. It will basically cover Chapters 1-7, 9, 10, 12 of the textbook, as well as some additional material. This page will be updated regularly throughout the semester.

Week Date Sections, Notes
1 08/25 Introduction 1.2, 1.3, notes
2 09/01 No class! (Labor Day)
3 09/08 Systems of Linear Equations 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, notes, Matlab session
4 09/15 Systems of Linear Equations 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, notes, Matlab session
5 09/22 Linear Least Squares 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, notes
6 09/29 Linear Least Squares 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, notes
7 10/06 Eigenvalue Problems 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5, notes, Matlab session, deflate.m, rayleigh.m
8 10/13 (Monday in ST1, Room 242!) Nonlinear Equations 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, notes, Matlab session
9 10/20 Nonlinear Equations 5.5, 5.6, notes, Matlab session, bisect1d.m, newton1d.m,
secant1d.m, secantord.m, fpi2d.m, newton2d.m
10 10/27 Interpolation 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, notes, Matlab session, runge1.m, runge2.m, runge3.m
11 11/03 Initial Value Problems for ODEs 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, notes, ODE software
12 11/10 Initial Value Problems for ODEs 9.3, 9.4, notes, Matlab session, res3body.m, res3bodyIC.m, chemstiff.m
13 11/17 Boundary Value Problems for ODEs 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, notes, Matlab session, buckleRhs.m, buckleShoot.m, buckleScript.m
14 11/24 Boundary Value Problems for ODEs 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, notes, Matlab session, finitediff1.m, finitediff2.m,
colloc1.m, colloc2.m, colloc3.m, colloc3scr1.m, colloc3scr2.m
15 12/01 Fast Fourier Transform 12.1, 12.2, notes, Matlab session, eulerode.m, eulerbc.m,
eulerguess1.m, eulerguess2.m, eulerguess3.m, eulerscript.m,
specdiff1.m, specdiff2.m, specdiff3.m
17 12/15 Final Exam 4:30-7:15pm



Thomas Wanner, December 1, 2008.