MATH 371 -- Numerical Analysis, Fall 2001

Syllabus and Schedule

• course syllabus
• course schedule, slightly revised

Class Notes and Examples

• Roundoff errors in floating point computations
• Maple programming primer
• Maple code for bisection method
• Fixed point iteration example graphs
• Maple code for Newton-Raphson iteration
• Newton-Raphson iteration examples
• Aitken acceleration example
• Maple code for Steffensen's iteration
• Error of interpolation example
• Midterm Problem Set 1 solutions
• Polynomial and cubic spline interpolation examples from class on 10/15.
• Maple code for clamped cubic splines
• Problem Set 3 solutions
• Maple code for Romberg integration
• Maple code for Adaptive quadrature
• Adaptive quadrature examples
• Midterm Problem Set 2 solutions and Maple solutions
• Gaussian Quadrature examples
• Euler's Method example
• Runge-Kutta example
• Final Problem Set solutions

Assignments

• Problem Set 1 -- Section 1.2/3, 5a,c,e,g, 9, 13a,c, 17, 19a,c, 23, 25. Due: Friday, September 7
• Discussion 1
• Lab 1/Problem Set 2 -- Due: Wednesday, September 17 Note: this is one class day later than originally planned
• Discussion 2 Individual writeups will be due Friday, September 21, instead of Wednesday, September 19 as stated in the handout
• Midterm Problem Set 1
• Problem Set 3
• Lab Day 3
• Discussion 3
• Midterm Problem Set 2
• Lab Day 4
• Final Presentations
• Final Problem Set

Information and Announcements

• Have fun working on the final problem set!

Related Links

• The Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis
• The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Last modified: December 14, 2001