This schedule is tentative and subject to change.
Week | Date | Topic | Reading | Video and notes |
1 | 1/23 | Introduction | Ch 1 | Intro, Why take the class, Basic error analysis, Notes |
1/25 | Floating point | Ch 2 | IEEE floating point, A cautionarity tale, Floating point failures and fixes, Notes | |
2 | 1/30 | Nonlinear equations | Ch 3 | Solving a cubic by bisection and Newton, Solving a cubic by secant iteration, Notes |
2/1 | Nonlinear equations | Ch 3 | Notes, Discussion of problem 5 | |
3 | 2/6 | Linear algebra background | Ch 4 | Notes |
2/8 | Linear algebra background | Ch 4 | Notes | |
4 | 2/13 | Gaussian elimination | Ch 5 | Notes |
2/15 | Gaussian elimination | Ch 5 | Notes, Prelim logistics | |
5 | 2/20 | Prelim review | ||
2/21 | First prelim! | (Ch 1-5) | ||
2/22 | Least squares | Ch 6 | Notes | |
6 | 2/27 | Least squares | Ch 6 | Notes |
2/29 | SVD | Ch 4+6 | Notes | |
7 | 3/5 | Iterative methods | Ch 7 | Notes |
3/7 | Iterative methods | Ch 7 | Notes | |
8 | 3/12 | Nonlinear systems | Ch 9 | Notes |
3/14 | Nonlinear systems | Ch 9 | Notes | |
9 | 3/19 | Spring break | ||
3/21 | Spring break | |||
10 | 3/26 | Interpolation | Ch 10 | Notes |
3/28 | Interpolation | Ch 10 | Notes | |
11 | 4/2 | Interpolation | Ch 11 | Notes |
4/5 | Prelim review | Ch 6-7, 9-11 | ||
4/5 | Prelim 2 | (Ch 6-7, 9-11) | ||
12 | 4/9 | Differentiation | Ch 14 | Notes |
4/11 | Differentiation | Ch 14 | Notes | |
13 | 4/16 | Quadrature | Ch 15 | Notes |
4/18 | Quadrature | Ch 15 | Notes | |
14 | 4/23 | ODEs | Ch 16 | Notes |
4/25 | ODEs | Ch 16 | Notes, runvdp.m | |
15 | 4/30 | ODE examples | Notes, code | |
5/2 | Review | Notes | ||
5/14 | Final exam 9:00-11:30 |