Fall2011_Numerical_Methods

COURSE SYLLABUS AND OUTLINE
CSE 3802 / ECE 3431

NUMERICAL METHODS IN SCIENTIFIC COMPUTATION

 

LECTURE:

ITE 127, Tue/Thur 9:30am — 10:45am

 

 

SYLLABUS:

Syllabus for Numerical Methods

 

INSTRUCTOR:

Jinbo Bi

Phone: 486-1458

Email: jinbo@engr.uconn.edu

Office hours: Tue/Thur  3 pm — 4pm

Office: ITEB 233

TEACHING ASSISTANT:

Ozgur Oksuz

Phone: 486-1799

Email: ozgur.oksuz@engr.uconn.edu

Office hours:  Mon 11am — 12 noon

Office: ITEB A-22 (C floor BECAT)

 

COURSE SCHEDULE AND ANNOUCEMENTS

 

Week Date Lecture Notes HW Announcement
1 8/30 Introduction    
9/1 Programming and introduction to error definitions HW 1 is out, photocopy of HW1 problems  
2 9/6 Error analysis    
9/8 Roots of equation: bracketing methods HW 1 is due

HW 2 is out, photocopy of HW2 problems

Solution to HW 1 is uploaded to HuskyCT on 9/9
3 9/13 Roots of equation: open methods HW 3 is out with photocopy, HW 3 is due on 9/22/2011
9/15 Roots of equation – polynomials HW 2 is due Solution to HW 2 is uploaded to HuskyCT on 9/16
4 9/20 Linear algebraic equations: Gauss elimination    
9/22 Linear algebraic equations: LU decomposition HW 3 is due

HW 4 is out, photocopy of HW 4 problems

Solution to HW 3 is uploaded to HuskyCT on 9/23
5 9/27 Linear algebraic equations: Gauss Seidel     
9/29 Continue on linear equations

Prepare for the mid-term exam

HW 4 is due Solution to HW 4 is uploaded to HuskyCT on 9/30
6 10/4 Mid-term Exam 1 Mid-term Exam 1 is today  
10/6  Discuss Mid-term Exam Solutions    
7 10/11 Optimization: one dim unconstrained     
10/13 Optimization: multi-dim unconstrained     
8 10/18 Optimization: multi-dim constrained (linear program)   HW 5 is out  
10/20 Integration: Newton-Cotes methods     
9 10/25  Continue on integration methods    
10/27  Integration: Romberg and Gauss quadrature HW 5 is due

HW 6 is out

Solution to HW5 is uploaded to HuskyCT on 10/28
10 11/1 Numerical differentiation     
11/3 Ordinary differential equations: R-K methods HW 6 is due

HW 7 is out

Solution to HW6 is uploaded to HuskyCT on 11/4
11 11/8 Ordinary differential equations: multi-step methods     
11/10 Continue on ODE

Prepare for the 2nd mid-term exam

HW 7 is due Solution to HW 7 is uploaded to HuskyCT on 11/11
12 11/15 Mid-term Exam 2 Mid-term Exam 2 is today  
11/17 Ordinary differential equations: boundary value problems  HW 8 is out HW 8 is posed on 11/21/2011
13 11/29 Curve fitting: Least squares regression     
12/1  Curve fitting: Polynomial interpolation Solution to Exam 2 is uploaded to HuskyCT on 12/4
14 12/6 Curve fitting: Spline interpolation     
12/8 Review sessions  HW 8 is due Solution to HW 8 is uploaded to HuskyCT on 12/9
15 12/16 Final Exam: Dec 16, 8-10am, ITE 127  3 double-sided cheat sheets allowed + scientific calculator Instructor office hour (Mon) 12/12, 1-3pm

TA office hour (Tue) 12/13, 11am-12noon