Math 310 Numerical Analysis

Fall 2010  (CRN 75511)    Ed Bueler

Ed Bueler
  
elbueler@alaska.edu,   x7693
   Chapman 301C   (hours here)

Class times:
MWF 10:30--11:30
Gruening 202

plus additional Matlab/Octave sessions:
  Tuesdays 9/28, 10/5, 10/12
  in Chapman 305

Final Exam:
10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 17, Grue 202

Texts
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Syllabus

HELP:

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Schedule:  (version 12/14)

Day Sect
(of 9th ed)
Topic
Assigned or Due
(and more on what you need to know from lecture)
Fri 9/3
1.1
introduction and review of Taylor's theorem
Assignment #1 (PDF)
Taylor's theorem, intermediate value theorem, and mean value theorem
m310f10_inclass_3sep.txt
Wed 9/8
1.2
cont.;  Matlab/Octave introduction; 64 bit representation
relative and absolute errors; a computer's representation of real numbers
Fri 9/10
1.3
order of convergence
Assignment #1 DUE
Mon 9/13
2.1
the f(x)=0 problem; bisection method, and how you can implement it in Matlab/Octave Assignment #1 DUE
solns to A#1with corrections (PDF)
Assignment #2 (PDF)
code written in class:
bisectxcosx.m
Wed 9/15
Bueler away
2.3 Newton's method
Fri 9/17
Bueler away

cont.

Mon 9/20
Bueler away

lecture (slides):
How to put a polynomial through points (PDF)
voiceover for slides (MP3; 16Mb)

Assignment #3 (PDF)
Wed 9/22
Bueler away

cont.
cont.
Fri 9/24
Bueler away

a day off
Mon 9/27 2.2
fixed points
Assignment #2 DUE
solns to A#2 (PDF)
fixed point definition, examples
in class Matlab/Octave session:
class27sept.txt

Wed 9/29
questions; Matlab/Octave; when do fixed point iterations converge?
theorem 2.4
Fri 10/1
theory of fixed point iterations
Assignment #3 DUE
solns to A#3 (PDF)
theorem 2.3
in class Matlab/Octave session:
classoct1.txt

Mon 10/4 2.4
review Newton's method; convergence of Newton's method Assignment #4 (PDF)
compare bisection to Newton's method; linear and quadratic convergence; theorem 2.9
class4oct.txt
Wed 10/6
convergence, cont.; secant method
Fri 10/8 3.1
questions; recall "how-to" of poly intepolation
review of "how-to" for polynomial interpolation (slides above)
class8oct.m
Mon 10/11
cont.
Assignment #4 DUE
solns to A#4 (PDF)
review generalized Rolle's
Wed 10/13
error in polynomial interpolation Assignment #5 (PDF)
Lagrange's Remainder Theorem (theorem 3.3)
Fri 10/15
applications of error theorem class15oct.m
Mon 10/18
cont.
class18oct.m
Wed 10/20 3.2
Neville's method nev.m  (on 21 Oct I added more comments to it, but there are no changes to the code)
Fri 10/22
Horner's method Assignment #5 DUE
solns to A#5 (PDF)
fasteval.m
sloweval.m
timingeval.m

polyfitbyed.m
polyvalbyed.m
erfintegrand.m
erfbyed.m
Mon 10/25
piecewise-linear interpolation
study guide for midterm (PDF)
Wed 10/27
cont.
jagged.m
class27oct.m  result: 
picture of several interpolants of jagged function (from jagged.m)
Fri 10/29
MIDTERM EXAM
in class
study guide for midterm (PDF)
MIDTERM EXAM
in class
study guide for midterm (PDF)
codes related to solutions, which were distributed on paper:
polyint.m
polyintcheb.m

Mon 11/1 3.5
cubic splines Assignment #6 (PDF)
see:  ncspline.m
... and the first hit from googling "marine drafting weights"
Wed 11/3
cont

Fri 11/5
cont
class5nov.m
demo-ed in class:
   testinterp1.m
   spider.m

Mon 11/8
cont.
Assignment #6 DUE
solns to A#6 (PDF)
prob1a6.m
prob4aona6.m
bcd_ncspline.m
prob4bona6.m
prob5ona6.m
Wed 11/10
4.3
numerical integration (quadrature); "Newton-Cotes" rules
Assignment #7 (PDF)
Fri 11/12
4.4 composite numerical integration class12nov.m
Mon 11/15

cont

Wed 11/17
4.5
Romberg integration
Assignment #7 DUE
solns to A#7 (PDF)
comparerules.m
class17nov.m
easyintegrals.m
snoopy.m
hand.m

Fri 11/19

cont
Assignment #8 (PDF)
Mon 11/22

a day off: rain!

Wed 11/24

a day off: rain!
Fri 11/26

a day off: Thanksgiving

Mon 11/29
4.7
Gaussian quadrature Assignment #8 DUE
Wed 12/1

cont.
Assignment #8 DUE Thursday 12/2 at 5pm
solns to A#8 (PDF)
buelerromberg.m
superinterp.m
showsuperinterp.m

handout on Legendre polynomials (PDF)
plotlegendre.m
Fri 12/3
6.1, 6.3
Gaussian elimination with back-substitution
Assignment #9 (PDF)
Mon 12/6

cont.
class6dec.m
Wed 12/8

cont.
draft_ge.m
gebueler.m
geexample.m

Fri 12/10
6.2
partial pivoting
study guide for final exam (PDF)
Mon 12/13
last day of instruction


Assignment #9 DUE
solns to A#9 (PDF)
gaussian2.m
gaussian3.m
forwardbueler.m

geppbs.m  % Gaussian elimination with partial pivoting and back-substitution
Fri 12/17

FINAL EXAM
10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m
study guide for final exam (PDF)

FINAL EXAM
10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m
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