MATH 353, Spring 2012: Engineering Mathematics III

Section 012: M, F 8:00-8:50 AM. Venue: W-> Purnell 236 and M, F-> EWG 207

Instructor: Constantin Bacuta, 517 Ewing Hall, Phone : 831-3382, E-mail :bacuta@math.udel.edu
Office hours: W 11:00-11:59 AM, F 9:00-10:00 AM.
Web page: http://www.math.udel.edu/~bacuta/

Course Description: Numerical Methods in engineering, linear and non-linear algebraic equations, numerical solution of ordinary differential equations, Runge-Kutta methods, boundary value problems, finite differences, applications to engineering problems with programming.

Textbook: Numerical Analysis, 2nd edition, by Timothy Sauer.

Syllabus: Have a copy in your Math 353 folder.

Homework: Check it often.

News & Reviews:

REVIEW for MIDTERM I, Friday, March 14

Extra office hours: Tuesday, March 13 10:30-11:30AM

REVIEW for MIDTERM II, Friday, April 27

Extra office hours: Thursday, April 26, 3-4 PM

REVIEW for the Final Exam, Friday, May 18

Extra Office Hours for the test : Wednesday May 16, 1:30-3:00 PM


Helpful sites to follow for getting matlab help.

MATLAB lab1 and MATLAB lab2

Introduction to MATLAB by exercises, courtesy of Richard J. Braun

The MathWorks web site (Matlab's developer), with extensive help and documentation .

Introduction to MATLAB by David F. Griffiths at Dundee, UK

UNIX Tutorial


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