CS/MATH 3414 Syllabus and Outline

All sorts of useful information about 3414 is available in this nicely packaged PDF file. This was also handed out during the first day of classes. This web page, though, will be more current.


Textbook


Outline of CS 3414 Lectures

(subject to being pushed around; CK refers to your textbook)
DateTopicTextAssignments
Jan. 14 Introduction, Overview CK (Chap 1)
Number Representation and Significance
Jan. 16 Representation Choices CK (Chap 2)
Jan. 18 More on Representation CK (Chap 2)
Jan. 21 Measuring Loss of Significance CK (Chap 2) HW1 out
Root Finding
Jan. 23 Basics, Bisection CK (Chap 3)
Jan. 25 Newton's Method CK (Chap 3)
Jan. 28 Secant Method CK (Chap 3)
Interpolation and Numerical Differentiation
Jan. 30 Basics of Interpolation CK (Chap 4) HW1 due; HW2 out
Feb. 1 Polynomial Interpolation CK (Chap 4)
Feb. 4 Polynomial Interpolation (contd.) CK (Chap 4)
Feb. 6 Errors in Interpolation CK (Chap 4) HW2 due; HW3 out
Feb. 8 More on Errors, Derivatives CK (Chap 4)
Feb. 11 Numerical Differentiation CK (Chap 4)
Feb. 13 Numerical Differentiation CK (Chap 4) HW3 due; HW4 out
Numerical Quadrature
Feb. 15 Basics CK (Chap 5)
Feb. 18 Quadrature Rules CK (Chap 5)
Feb. 20 Example Rules and Error Analysis CK (Chap 5) HW4 due
Feb. 22 Exam 1
Feb. 25 Gaussian Quadrature CK (Chap 5)
Feb. 27 Adaptive Quadrature CK (Chap 5)
Mar. 1 More on Quadrature CK (Chap 5) HW5 out
Spring Break
Linear Systems
Mar. 11 Basics CK (Chap 6)
Mar. 13 Gaussian Elimination CK (Chap 6)
Mar. 15 Pivoting and Analysis CK (Chap 6) HW5 due; HW6 out
Mar. 18 LU Factorization CK (Chap 6)
Mar. 20 Iterative Solution CK (Chap 6) HW6 due; HW7 out
Mar. 22 Iterative Solution (contd.) CK (Chap 6)
Mar. 25 Iterative Solution (contd.) CK (Chap 6)
Mar. 27 Iterative Solution (convergence) CK (Chap 6) HW7 due
Approximation
Mar. 29 .... CK (Chap 7) HW8 out
Apr. 1 .... CK (Chap 7)
Apr. 3 .... CK (Chap 7) HW8 due; HW9 out
Apr. 5 .... CK (Chap 7)
Apr. 8 .... CK (Chap 7) HW 9 due
Apr. 10 Exam 2
ODEs
Apr. 12 .... CK (Chap 8)
Apr. 15 .... CK (Chap 8)
Apr. 17 .... CK (Chap 8)
Apr. 19 .... HW10 out
Misc. Topics
Apr. 22 Systems of ODEs CK (Chap 9)
Apr. 24 Least Squares Methods CK (Chap 10)
Apr. 26 Least Squares Methods CK (Chap 10) HW10 due
Review and Schedule for Slippage
Apr. 29
May 1


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