MATH 353, Spring 2007: Engineering Mathematics III

Section 012: M, W 8:00-8:50 AM - EWG 207 and F 8:00-8:50 AM - GOR 303

Instructor: Constantin Bacuta, 532 Ewing Hall, Phone : 831-1877, E-mail :bacuta@math.udel.edu
Office hours: T 3:00-5:00 PM, W 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 Methods using Matlab, Mathews and Fink, 4th ed., (Pearson/Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, 2004), ISBN 0-13-065248-2. Material to be covered: From Chapters 1- 7, 9, 10.

Homework: Check it often.

Syllabus: Have a copy in your Math 353 folder.

News & Reviews:

REVIEW for the FINAL, Friday 05/18/07, 1:00-3:00PM in Gore 303 Extra Office Hours: Thursday, May 17: 3-4:30 PM

REVIEW for MIDTERM I, Wednesday March 15 Extra Office Hours: Monday March13, 2:30-4 PM

REVIEW for MIDTERM II, Wednesday April 25 Extra Office Hours: Monday April 23, 2:00-3:30 PM


Helpful sites to follow for getting matlab help.

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

MatLab Tutorial , courtesy of Tobin Driscoll

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

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

UNIX Tutorial


Note: All University of Delaware policies regarding ethics and honorable behavior apply to this course.