Course Information

• Instructor
• Changhui Tan
• Lectures
• Tu Th 2:00pm - 3:15pm, at MATH0409
• Office
• CSIC 4123
• Office Hours
• Tu Th 11:00am - 12:00pm, or by appointment
• Textbooks (Required)
• E. Suli and D. Mayers, An introduction to numerical analysis. (ISBN: 9780521007948)
• C. Moler, Numerical computing with Matlab. (ISBN: 9780898716603)   [Online copy]
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Latest Announcement

• The semester has ended. Good luck for everybody in the future!!
• For sample exams, please check Math Test Bank.
• Final exam will be on Dec. 18, 10:30am-12:30pm, at MATH0409.
• The date of the third mid-term exam has been switched to Dec. 4.
• I will be out of town on Tuesday October 7. Dr. Michele Coti Zelati will replace me for the lecture. No office hour that day.
• Extra office hour on Friday September 26 11am-12pm. No office hour on Tuesday September 30.
• Please take time to read note #1 on Gauss elimination.
• Welcome to AMSC/CMSC 460.

Course Description

• The official Math Department course description on AMSC/CMSC 460.
•   Topics References
• » Linear systems of equations [Suli] Chapter 2, [Moler] Chapter 2.
•       Note #1 on Gauss elimination [HTML] [PDF] Last update: 9/6.
• » Root finder [Suli] Chapter 1,4, [Moler] Chapter 4.
• » Interpolation [Suli] Chapter 6,9,11, [Moler] Chapter 3.
• » Numerical integration [Suli] Chapter 7,10, [Moler] Chapter 6.
• » Numerical ODE [Suli] Chapter 12, [Moler] Chapter 7.
• » Least square problems [Suli] Chapter 5, [Moler] Chapter 5.

Homework assignments

• 11 homework assignments will be given during the semester, including 1 group project. The lowest scores will be dropped.
• Homework 9-10 available. Due at Tuesday 12/9 in class. Last update: 11/24.

• Homework #	1	2	3	4	5-6	7	8	9-10	Project
  Due	9/9	9/16	9/25	10/7	10/21	11/4	11/20	12/9	12/9-11

•  Download Homework Assignments.
• Additional resources for the homework.
• » Project: Summary on project 1. Last update: 12/9, created by Group #1.
• » Homework 9-10: a Matlab script on multi-step methods: multistep.m. Last update: 11/24.
• » Homework 5-6: a Matlab code to test if your code on Thomas algorithm is correct: testthomas.m. Last update: 10/13.
• » Homework 4: a Matlab code on Runge's phenomenon: runge.m. Last update: 10/3.
• » Homework 2: a Matlab code on Gauss elimination (without pivoting): mylu.m. Last update: 9/11.
•  Download Additional Resources.

Exams

• There are three midterm exams during the semester. A final exam will be given at the end of the semester.
• Final exam and solution are available. Last update: 12/18.

• .Exam #.	.Schedule.	.Contents.	.Results.
  1	9/30	Linear system, Root finder	Max 100, Min 45, Median 75.	90+ 6, 80+ 3, 70+ 5, 60+ 5, 60- 1.
  2	11/6	Interpolation, Numerical integration	Max 102, Min 48, Median 83.	100+ 4, 90+ 4, 80+ 6, 70+ 4, 60+ 2, 60- 1.
  3	12/4	Numerical ODE, Least square	Max 102, Min 68, Median 85.	100+ 3, 90+ 3, 80+ 9, 70+ 2, 60+ 1, 60- 0.
  Final	12/18	Cumulative	Max 190, Min 110, Median 159.	180+ 2, 160+ 7, 140+ 7, 120+ 2, 120- 2.

•  Download Exams and Solutions.

Grades

• Your grade are distributed as below:
• Homeworks » 35%
• Medterm exams » 30%
• Final exam » 35%
• The final grades with be given by A(90%+), B(80%+), C(70%+), D(60%+), F(60%-), with NO curve or adjustment.
• You can view your grades detail through ELMS/Canvas system.

Contact Information

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