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CMSC 455 Numerical Computations

Class schedule, topic and assignments

Reading assignments: pages from Applied Numerical Analysis

by Gerald and Wheatley ISBN 0-321-13304-8

Subject to change. Check periodically.

Cls Date   Subject                                 Reading     Homework
                                                   and Notes   assigned due
 1. 5/30   Introduction, Overview, floating point  Lect 1
                                                   pp10-14

 2. 5/30   Rocket Science                          Lect 2       HW1

 3. 5/30   Solving Simultaneous Equations          Lect 3
                                                   pp100-101

 4. 6/1    Least Square Fit                        Lect 4       HW2
                                                   pp199-206

 5. 6/1    Polynomials                             Lect 5

 6. 6/6    Curve Fitting                           Lect 6              HW1
                                                   pp221-226
                                                   pp240-243

 7. 6/6    Integration                             Lect 7      HW3
                                                   pp272-276
                                                   pp301-307

 8. 6/8    Integration                             Lect 8
                                                   pp297-301

 9. 6/8    Review                                  Lect 9              HW2

10. 6/13   Quiz 1                                  Lect 10

11. 6/13   Complex Arithmetic                      Lect 11

12. 6/13   Complex Functions                       Lect 12

13. 6/15   Eigenvalues of a Complex Matrix         Lect 13
                                                   pp383-385

14. 6/15   LAPACK                                  Lect 14              HW3
                                                   p5

15. 6/15   Multiple precision, bignum              Lect 15      HW4 

16. 6/20   Finding roots                           Lect 16
                                                   pp44-45

17. 6/20   Optimization, finding minima            Lect 17      proj
                                                   pp417-427

18. 6/20   FFT, Fast Fourier Transform             Lect 18      HW5
                                                   pp288-296

19. 6/20   Review                                  Lect 19              HW4

20. 6/22   Quiz 2                                  Lect 20

21. 6/27   Benchmarks, time and size               Lect 21

22. 6/27   Project Discussion                      Lect 22

23. 6/27   Computing Volume and Area               Lect 23      HW6     HW5

24. 6/27   Numerical Differentiation               Lect 24

25. 6/27   Ordinary differential equations         Lect 25
                                                   pp340-347
26. 6/29   Ordinary differential equations         Lect 26

27. 6/29   Partial differential equations          Lect 27
                                                   pp461-463
28. 6/29   Partial differential equations          Lect 28
                                                   Lect 28a

29. 6/29   Review                                  Lect 29              proj

    7/4    no class, Independence Day

30. 7/6    Final Exam                              Lect 30              HW6

    No late homework or projects accepted after midnight of final exam
    Late penalty is 10% per class, limit 50% penalty.
    * submitted, not graded until next weekend (not late for a while)

31.        Creating PDE Test Cases                  supplemental

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