math 578
Course Info
Textbook: Numerical Analysis for Applied Science by Allen and Isaacson (Wiley-Interscience)Prerequisite: Linear Algebra
Grading Scheme: 50% hw, 25% midterm, 25% take-home final/project
Participation: Class participation (e.g. asking questions and participating in discussions) is encouraged. Your interaction will be considered when assigning borderline grades.
Homework: Weekly assignment will be collected every Monday at the beginning of class. Some problems will require some amount of Matlab programming. No late hw will be accepted. However, one hw grade will be dropped.
Exam: The midterm is scheduled on Nov 8. There is one comprenhensive take-home exam. No make-up exam will be given unless you have proper documentation. You are expected to work independently on the take-home exam. This means you cannot ask other faculty members, older graduate students or your classmates for help. A no show on the midterm or failing to submit the take-home exam on the due date will result on an automatic F grade.
Handouts and Other Info: All other info can be found at moodle.
Course Outline
0. Chapter 0 and 2: Some Preliminaries
1. Chapter 3: Solution of Nonlinear Equations
2. Chapter 1: Approximation of Functions
3. Chapter 6: Numerical Differentiation and Integration
4. Chapter 7: Ordinary Differential Equations
Math 578: Numerical Analysis
Lectures: MW 8:00-9:15 in TAC 208Instructor: Carmeliza Navasca, (cnavasca@clarkson.edu), SC 391
Office Hours: MW 9:30-10:00, 12:00-13:00 and F 11:00-13:00
Objectives:
(1) learn the fundamental concepts of numerical analysis
(1) know which numerical methods to use to solve specific problems
(2) implement some numerical methods