MATH405 - Numerical Analysis - Spring 2008

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

M 4/28

Final Exam 11:30 - 2:00

Take home portion of final due by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29

 

Week 14

R 4/24

 

 

 

Week 14

T 4/22

Hand-In Homework 4 Due by 5:00 p.m. today

 

 

Week 13

R 4/ 17

 

More on Runge-Kutta Methods

 

Week 13

T 4/15

 

More on Predictor-Corrector Methods

Start Section 5.4:  Runge-Kutta Methods

 

Week 12

R 4/10

 

Finish Section 5.3

Start Predictor-Corrector Methods

 

Week 12

T 4/8

 

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

Start Section 5.3:  Higher-Order Taylor Methods

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

Week 11

R 4/3

 

Section 5.2:  Euler's Method

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 11

T 4/1

Quiz 4  - It will be available after class today.  You need to complete it by 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday 4/2.  It will cover Sections 8.1, 4.1, 4.3, and 4.4 and solving a basic ODE using separation of variables (5.1)

Finish Section 5.1

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 10

R 3/27

 

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

- 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.).

Week 10

T 3/25

 

- 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 9

R 3/20

Hand-In Homework 3 Due Friday 3/21 by noon.

- 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 9

T 3/18

 

- 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

3/10 - 3/14

Spring Break!

 

 

Week 8

R 3/6

Midterm Exam - It will be available after class today.  You need to complete it by 5:00 p.m. on Friday 3/7.  NOTE NEW EXAM DATE

 

Hand-In Homework 3 Due Friday 3/21 by noon.

- More on Section 8.1:  Discrete Least Squares Approximations

 

Week 8

T 3/4

 

- 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 7

R 2/28

Quiz 3  - It will be available after class today.  You need to complete it by noon on Monday 3/3.  It will cover Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, and 3.1

- 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

T 2/26

Hand-In Homework 2 Due by Wednesday, February 27 by noon.  NOTE NEW DUE DATE

- Finish Section 3.1 Lagrange Interpolating Polynomials

 

Week 6

R 2/21

 

- 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

T 2/19

Hand-In Homework 2 Due by Monday, February 25 by noon

- Finish Section 2.3 - Newton's Method, Including Newton's Error Formula

 

Week 5

R 2/14

 

- Finish Section 2.2 - Fixed Point Iteration

- Start Section 2.3 - Newton's Method

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

Week 5

T 2/12

  - Start 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 4

R 2/7

Don't Forget - Hand-In Homework 1 Due Friday, Feb 8. by noon.

- Finish Section 2.1

- Practice coding in Maple

 

Week 4

T 2/5

 

- Wrap-up Section 1.3 - Growth and Decay Rates

- Start Section 2.1 - Bisection Method

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

Week 3

R 1/31

Hand-In Homework 1 Due Friday, Feb 8. by noon.

- Cover Section 1.3

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

Week 3

T 1/29

 

- Finish Section 1.2

 

Week 2

R 1/24

Quiz 2 (Ready after class today,   Complete by Monday 1/28 at 5:00 p.m.)

- Wrap-up Section 1.1 - Review of Calculus with an Emphasis on Taylor Series

- Start Section 1.2 - Round-off Errors and Computer Arithmetic

- 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

T 1/22

 

- More on Section 1.1 - Review of Calculus with an Emphasis on Taylor Series

 

Week 1

R 1/17

  - Start 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 1/15

Easy Quiz 1 (Due by Friday, 1/18 at noon)

- Review of Syllabus/Website

- Maple 11 Overview

- Read Section 1.1

- Work the Basic Calculus Review worksheet. 


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