Topics and Problems for Math 611, Fall 2009

Day
Subject
Sections
Problems
(Yellow means not finalized.
Problems with computational parts in boldface.)
September 3
Intro
§1.2 Review of Calculus
§1.3 Round-off error and Computer arithmetic
§1.4 Errors in Scientific Computation
2b(3), 4d(3), 8(15), 15(10)
3cd(4), 4cd(4), 11(4)
3(6), 8(5)  (Use a calculator for this week's problems!)
September 10
Root Finding
§2.2 Bisection Method
§2.3 Secant Method
§2.4 Newton's Method
8bc(3,3),9(4), 12(5)
4c(4), 8(5), 14ac(6)
4c(4),11(5)
September 17
Solution of Linear Systems
§6.2 Gaussian Elimination
§6.3 Pivoting
§6.4 Review Linear Algebra if necessary
§6.5 Matrix Decompositions
3a(3),3b(3),6(6)
1c(3),2c(3),4c(3),5a(3),6a(3),7a(3)
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1b(3),2a(3)
September 24
Linear Systems II
§6.6 Techniques for special matrices
§7.2 Convergence of Vectors
§7.3 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
1ad(6),3a(3),5a(3),8(4)
4(4),5a(3),6(4)
2bde(9),5bd(6)
October 1
Iterative Methods for Linear Systems
§7.4 Jacobi/Gauss-Seidel Methods
§7.5 SOR Method
§7.6 Error bounds and iterative refinement
1ac(6), 2ac(6), 3ac(6), 4ac(6), 5(10), 6(10)
1a(3), 2a(3), 2c(3)
1ac(6), 2ac(6), 3(3), 5a(4)
October 8
Nonlinear Systems &
Interpolation I
§10.1-2 Solution of Nonlinear Systems of Equations
§3.1 Intro to Interpolation
§3.2 Lagrange Interpolation
§3.3 Divided Differences
4a(3) (by hand), 6(6)(write code)
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1b(4), 2b(4), 3a(6), 7a(4), 11(3), 13(3), 17(6)
1a(6), 4(4), 7(3), 12(3)
(do not use fwd. or bkwd. diff. formulas!)
October 15
Interpolation II
§3.4 Hermite Interpolation
§8.4 Chebyshev Polynomials
§3.5 Spline Interpolation
1a(3), 2a(2), 4(12)
1b(3), 2b(3), 3b(3), 4b(3), 5b(4)
3c(4), 5c(4),11(3),14(3)
October 22
Midterm Exam


October 29
Approximation &
Numerical Differentiation
§8.1-2 Discrete Least Squares
§8.3 Continuous Least Squares
§4.9 Numerical Differentiation
4(10), 9(4)
1c(3),2c(3),3d(3),4d(3),5d(3),6d(3)
3b(3),4b(3),12(3)
November 5
Numerical Integration
(Quadrature)
§4.2 Basic Quadrature Rules
§4.3 Composite Quadrature
3d(3),4d(3),5d(3),6d(3),8d(6)
1a(3),2a(3),6a,b(3,3),8ab(6,6), 9(3),11(6)
November 12
Quadrature II
§4.4 Romberg Quadrature
§4.5 Gaussian Quadrature
§4.7 Multiple Integrals
3b(5),4a(4),5(4),8(4),10(4)
1b(3),2b(3),3b(3),6(4)
1b(3),5bd(3)
November 19
Ordinary Differential Equations
(ODE) I
§5.2 Taylor Methods
§5.3 Runge-Kutta Methods
3ac(12),4ac(12),6ac(12)
4ac(12), 11ac (12)
November 24
(Tuesday)
ODE II
§5.4 Predictor-Corrector Methods
§5.7 Systems of ODE
§5.8 Stiff ODEs
3a,c(20),5ac(10)
1b(5),2b(5)
1b(5),2b(5)
December 3
ODE III & Review
§5.6 Adaptive Methods
§11.1-11.4 Boundary Value Problems

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