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