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DAY # TOPICS READINGS* ASSIGNMENTS
1

Introduction
Computer Architecture
Number Representations

1.1 - 1.2
2 Recursion
Numerical Instability
Errors of Simple Arithmetic Operations
1.2 - 1.3
3 Error Propagation
Error Estimation
Condition Numbers
1.3
4 Linear Systems of Equations: Cramer's rule
Gaussian Elimination
3.1 - 3.2 # 1
5 Linear Systems: Gaussian Elimination
Pivoting
LU Factorization
3.3 - 3.4
3.6
# 2
6 Linear System: Error Analysis
Condition Numbers for Linear Systems
3.4
7 Linear Systems: Iterative Methods
Convergence of Iterative Schemes.
3.7 # 3
8 Roots of Non-Linear Equations: Bisection
Newton-Ralphson Iteration
2.1 - 2.4
9 Interpolation of Functions by Polynomials
Lagrange Interpolation.
4.1 - 4.3 # 4
10 Interpolation: Triangular Family of Polynomials. 4.4
11 Numerical Differentiation and Integration
Error Estimates

6.1 - 6.2
7.1 - 7.3

# 5
12 Ordinary Differential Equations
Initial Value Problems: Euler and Runge-Kutta Methods
9.1 - 9.2
9.4 - 9.5
13 In-Class Exam

 

*All readings cited above are from the course text: Mathews, J. H., and K. D. Fink. Numerical Methods using MATLAB®. 3rd ed. Prentice Hall, 1999.

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