MATH/CSE 456, Spring 2004: Introduction
to Numerical Analysis II
Section 001: MWF 11:15 AM-12:05 PM, 169 Willard,
Instructor: Constantin
Bacuta, 328 McAllister, Phone
:
865-1984, E-mail
:bacuta@math.psu.edu
Office hours: T 10:00-11:00 AM , Th 1:30-2:30 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: This course is the second part of the Introduction
to Numerical Analysis course. It will provide further introduction
to the basics of the modern numerical techniques and the supporting mathematical
theory, including iterative methods for linear systems, ordinary differential
equations, and least square methods.
Text Book: Numerical
Mathematics and Computing, Fifth Edition, by Cheney and Kincaid, published
by Brooks/Cole. ISBN 0-534-8993-7
Material to be covered: parts of
Chapters 8, 10, 12. Additional material will be considered.
Homework: Homework sets will be collected
regularly. Late problem sets will not be accepted unless prior permission
is granted. No homework assignments are accepted after the graded ones
have been returned.
MATLAB files
PROJECT- DUE FRIDAY 04/30/04/
Exams: There will be one midterm exam (Wednesday, March 1) and a comprehensive final
exam (Due Friday, April 30).
Final Grade: Midterm exam (20%), Final exam (30%), Homework
and Quizzes (40%), Project (10%). The lowest grade on homework assignments
will be dropped.
Attendance Policy: I encourage you to attend every class. In
borderline cases, attendance will be taken into consideration.
Prerequisites: MATH/CSE 451 or MATH/CSE455.
THIS SYLLABUS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
UNIX
Tutorial
A brief
introduction on MATLAB, MATLAB tutorial
1 and MATLAB tutorial 2
Extensive
documentations of MATLAB at www.mathworks.com