Math/CSE 451, Spring 2002: NUMERICAL
COMPUTATIONS
Section 001: (MWF 12:20pm-1:10pm), 115 McAllister Building.
Section 002: (MWF 1:25pm-2:15pm), 217 Thomas.
Instructor: Constantin
Bacuta, 328 McAllister, Phone
:
865-1984, Email
:bacuta@math.psu.edu
Office hours: T 10:00-11:00 AM , W 2:30-3:30 PM, or by appointment.
Web page: http://www.math.psu.edu/bacuta/
Academic Integrity Statement: All Penn State Policies regarding ethics and honorable behavior apply to this course.
Course Description: Algorithms for interpolation, approximation,
integration, nonlinear equations, linear systems, and differential equations emphasizing computational properties and implementation.
Students may take only one course for credit from MATH 451 and 455. Students wishing to learn more about numerical analysis and scientific
computing may consider to take the sequence Math/CSE 455-456.
Text Book:
Numerical Mathematics and Computing, Forth Edition, by Cheney and Kincaid, published by Brooks/Cole, 2000. ISBN 0-534-35184-0
Material to be covered: Chapters 1, 2
(briefly); Chapters 3-8 (except 4.2, 5.4, 7.3, 7.4 and 8.3); The beginning of chapter 9 (if time permits).
Homework: Homework sets will be due about every one or two weeks. Late problem sets will not be accepted unless
prior permission is granted. The score for the homework will be
reduced by 10% for each day that the homework paper is late; no homeworks are
accepted after the graded ones have been returned to the students.
MATLAB files
REVIEW for FINAL and Solutions to Some Review Problems: .pdf verssion or
.ps verssion
Exams:There will be two in-class midterm exams on Feb. 15 and April 3,
and a two-hour comprehensive final exam.
Grading: Two midterm exams (20% + 20%), final exam (30%), homework
and computer projects (30%). The lowest grade for homework and computer projects will be dropped.
Attendance Policy: I encourage you to attend every class. In borderline cases, attendance will be taken into consideration.
Prerequisites: Single variable calculus; matrix algebra. Some
knowledge of computer programming (Matlab or C) would be very helpful.
CMPSC 201C, 201F, or CSE 103; MATH 230 or 231.
UNIX Tutorial
MATLAB tutorial 1 and MATLAB tutorial 2
A MATLAB tutorial (US Naval Academy)
A brief introduction on MATLAB
Extensive documentations of MATLAB at www.mathworks.com