MATH405 - Numerical Analysis - Fall 2009

Class Pace/Assignments

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Once we have finished covering a Section in the text, you are responsible for working the homework problems for that section given at the above link.   This page will be updated as we progress through the class so please check regularly for updates.

 

Assignments (in reverse chronological order)

 

Week & Date of Class

Assignment(s) Due/Quiz or Test Scheduled

Material Covered

Homework Problems

Week 15

12/10

Final Exam

The Final Exam will be ready by 8:00 a.m. on Thursday 12/10 (possibly sooner) and is due by noon on Friday 12/11

Week 14

12/3

  Review for Final  
Week 14

12/1

Homework 3 DUE by Wednesday 10:00 a.m.

More on Predictor-Corrector Methods

Section 5.4:  Runge-Kutta Methods

 
Week 13

11/24

 

Finish Section 5.3

Start Predictor-Corrector Methods

Practice Homework from Section 5.3:  1, 3, 10 (use Maple or Excel for these problems)
Week 13

11/19

 

More from Section 5.2:  Error Bound for Euler's Method

Start Section 5.3:  Higher-Order Taylor Methods

Practice Homework from Section 5.2:  1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 17 

Possible Hand-In Homework from 5.2:  Code Euler's Algorithm in Maple.  Your output should be a list of points that when plotted show the solution obtained via Euler's Method. 

Week 12

11/17

  - Section 5.1: The Elementary Theory of Initial-Value Problems

Start Section 5.2:  Euler's Method

- Practice Homework from Section 5.1:  1, 2 (For these problems you should be able to perform separation of variables by hand for parts (a) and (d) of both problems to get either an exact or implicit solution.  Also work these problems using Maple.  Draw the direction field and the solution on the same plot.).

 

More Practice Homework from Section 5.1:  3, 5, 6, 8 (b,c)

 

Possible Hand-In Homework from 5.1:  6, 8 (b,c)

Week 12

11/12

 

- Finish Sections 4.3 and 4.4

- Practice Homework from Section 4.4: 1(a,b,c), 3(a,b,c), 7(a,b), 9, 11(a,b),

 

Possible Hand-In Homework from 4.4:  12(a,b), 20 (you must show that your approximation is within the desired degree of accuracy), 22

Week 11

11/10

 

Out due to illness

 

Week 11

11/5

 

- Start Sections 4.3 and 4.4:  Numerical Integration

- Practice Homework from Section 4.3:  1(b,d,e), 3(b,d,e), 5(b,d,e), 7(b,d,e), 9(b,d,e), 11(b,d,e), 13, 15, 17, 18, 19

Week 10

11/3

 

- Cover Section 4.1 Numerical Differentiation

- Practice Homework from Section 4.1:  1(a), 3(a), 5(a,b), 7(a,b), 9(a,b), 11(a), 13, 25, 27

Week 10

10/29

Hand-In Homework 2 Due by Monday 11/2 at noon

- Questions on Homework

 

Week 9

10/27

 

- Finish Least Squares

 

Week 9

10/22

Midterm Redo Due by Monday 10/26 at noon

- More on Least Squares

 

Week 8

10/20

 

- Finish Cubic Spline Interpolation

- Start Section 81. Discrete Least Squares Approximations

- Practice Homework from Section 8.1:  You should be able to use Maple and Excel for the majority of these problems:  1 - 13 odd

Week 8

10/15

 

- Cover Section 3.4 Cubic Spline Interpolation

- Practice Homework from Section 3.4: 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 25, 26, 27, 30, 32.  Note that problems 16, 18, 30, and 32 are very likely to be on your next hand-in homework assignment.

Week 7

10/8

Midterm Exam ready by 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday 10/14.  You must complete it by Friday 10/16 at noon.

- Finish Section 3.1 - Lagrange Interpolating Polynomials

 

Week 7

10/6

 

- Start Section 3.1 - Lagrange Interpolating Polynomials

- Practice Homework from Section 3.1: 1(a,c), 3(a,c), 5(a,d), 9(a,d), 11 (use Maple), 13, 19(a,b), 29

Week 6

10/1

 

- Section 2.3: Newton's Method

- Practice Homework from Section 2.3:  1, 5, 11, 13, 29

Week 6

9/29

Quiz 2 ready to take by end of class today.  You must complete it by Friday 10/2 by noon - It will cover Sections 1.3, 2.1, and 2.2

- Wrap up Fixed Point Iteration

 

Week 5

R 9/24

 

- Section 2.2:  Fixed Point Iteration

- Practice Homework from Section 2.2:  1, 5, 7.  You should code (in Maple) the fixed point iteration algorithm (page 2.2) with formatted output.  Check your answers to the above with your algorithm.

Week 5

T 9/22

Hand-In Homework 1 Due Wednesday, September 23 by 5 pm.  Please email your Maple worksheet to me.

- Section 2.1: The Bisection Method

- Practice Homework from Section 2.1:   1, 3 (a,b), 5 (a,c), 7, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19

Week 4

R 9/17

 

- Wrap up Section 1.3

 

Week 4

T 9/15

Hand-In Homework 1 Due Wednesday, September 23 by noon.

- More from Section 1.3

- Review of coding in Maple

 

Week 3

R 9/10

Quiz 2 Ready to Take After Class Today.  DUE by 5:00 p.m. on Monday September 14.

- Finish Section 1.2, Start Section 1.3:  Algorithms and Convergence

- Practice Homework from Section 1.3:  1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15

Week 3

T 9/8

 

- Section 1.2 Round-off Errors and Computer Arithmetic

- Part of Hand-In Homework 1:  Problem 16, Section 1.1

- Practice Homework from Section 1.2:  1 (a,c,e,g), 3, 5 (d,e,f), 7 (d,e,f), 11, 13(a), 17, 21, 27

Week 2

R 9/3

Hand-In Homework 1- Calculus Review Due Friday 9/4 by noon - More Taylor Series and Maple Review  

Week 2

T 9/1

 

- Taylor Series and an Overview of Using Maple - Go through the first four Maple worksheet on the Handy Documents page (i.e. start with A Brief Introduction to Maple).

Week 1

R 8/27

  - Section 1.1 - Review of Calculus - Practice Homework from Section 1.1:  1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 25 (a challenge problem)

Week 1

T 8/25

Easy Quiz 1 (Due Friday, 8/28 by noon)

- Review of Syllabus/Website

- Maple 11 Overview

- Hand-In Homework 1:  Basic Calculus Review  Please show all work for this assignment.  DUE Friday 9/4 by noon.

- Read Section 1.1


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