MATH 5329 Numerical Analysis, Fall 2009

This web page serves as the class syllabus and source of further information.
Instructor: Son-Young Yi
Office: Bell Hall 218
Email:syi@utep.edu
Phone: 915-747-6864
Time and Place: TR 10:30 ~11:50 LART 305
Textbook: Numerical Analysis: Mathematics of Scientific Computing, Third Edition by D. Kincaid and W. Cheney
Office hours: TR 13:30 ~ 14:30 or by appointment
Syallabus: For a printable syllabus, click here.
Course objectives: The objectives of the class are to understand
Course topics: We will cover selected material from the following chapters.
  1. Mathematical preliminaries(Chapter 1)
  2. Computer Arithmetic(Chapter 2)
  3. Solution of Nonlinear equations(Chapter 3)
  4. Solving systems of linear equations(Chapter 4)
  5. Approximating functions(Chapter 6)
  6. Numerical differentiation and integration(Chapter 7)
  7. Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations(Chapter 8)
Announcement:
Matlab codes:
Tentative class schedule:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8/24
 
8/25
Introduction, Sec 1.2
8/26
 
8/27
MATLAB demonstration
8/27
 
8/31
 
9/1
Sec 2.1
9/2
 
9/3
Sec 2.2
9/4
9/7
Labor day
9/8
Sec 2.3
9/9
 
9/10
Sec 3.1
9/11
 
9/14
 
9/15 HW1 Due
Sec 3.2
9/16
 
9/17
Sec 3.3
9/18
 
9/21
 
9/22
Sec 3.4
9/23
 
9/24
Sec 4.1
9/25
 
9/28
 
9/29
Sec 4.2
9/30
 
10/1 HW2 Due
Sec 4.3
10/2
 
10/5
 
10/6
Sec 4.4
10/7
 
10/8
Sec 4.6
10/9
 
10/12
 
10/13 HW3 Due
Review/Catch-Up
10/14
 
10/15 HW 3 Due
Sec 6.1
10/16
 
10/19
 
10/20
Midterm
10/21
 
10/22
Sec 6.2
10/23
 
10/26
 
10/27
Sec 6.3
10/28
 
10/29
Sec 6.4
10/30
 
11/2
 
11/3 Exam revision Due
Sec 7.1
11/4
 
11/5
Sec 7.2
11/6
 
11/9
 
11/10 HW4 Due
Sec 7.3
11/11
 
11/12
Sec 8.2
11/13
 
11/16
 
11/17
Sec 8.3
11/18
 
11/19
Sec 8.4
11/20
 
11/23
 
11/24
Sec 8.5
11/25
 
11/26
No Class (Thanksgiving holiday)
11/27
 
11/30
 
12/1 HW5 Due
Sec 8.8
12/2
 
12/3
Sec 8.9 and course evaluation
12/4
 
12/7
 
12/8
 
12/9
 
12/10
Final exam (10:00 am~ 12:45 pm)
12/11
 

 

Homework: There will be approximately 6 homework assignments this semester. Assignments will be posted on this website and announced in class. Most of the homework problems will be from the textbook. No late homework will be accepted. Your homework should show all necessary work you used to solve problems and the reasoning and logic underlying all arguments should be clearly spelled out. Some homework assignments will involve computer programming. Computer projects must be done in MATLAB. For every assignment, turn in a complete printout of the program and of the output along with detailed explanation of solutions.
Exams: There will be one midterm exam and a final exam. No books, notes, or graphing/programmable calculators will be allowed. A basic scientific calculator can be used, but will not be needed. No make-up/alternate exam will be given. More information will be coming up as the exam dates approach. The exam dates are as follows.
Midterm: Thursday, Oct. 15 in class
Final exam: Thursday, Dec. 10 from 10:00 to 12:45.
Grading: Homework(40%), Midterm(30%), Final(30%)
MATLAB: MATLAB is an interactive environment for numerically manipulating arrays and matrices, as well as providing tools for visualizing data. The following are online resources for learning MATLAB.
  1. MATLAB Tutorial from the MathWorks
  2. An Introductory Guide to MATLAB, by Ian Cavers
  3. MATLAB Basics from MIT
  4. Tutorial from Boston University
You can access MATLAB in any of the following ways
1. ACES Academic Centers for Engineer and Scientists: Bell Hall 130, Physics 2nd floor lobby
2. ETC: Engineering Technology Center: Classroom building 401/402
3. Use Remote Desktop Connection (server: utepsoftware.utep.edu).
 
Help: If you need any help, seek it sooner rather than later!