Math 151A -- Applied Numerical Methods
Meets: MWF 2:00-2:50pm, MS 6229
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2:00-2:50pm (discussion), MS 6229
Instructor: Jason DeVita
Email: jason@math.ucla.edu
Office: 7619E MS
Office Hours: M 3:00 - 4:00; R 2:00-3:00
Course Homepage:
http://www.math.ucla.edu/~jason/151a.2.06f/
Course Syllabus:
http://www.math.ucla.edu/~jason/151a.2.06f/syllabus.html
TA: Adam King
Email: aking@math.ucla.edu
Textbook:
Numerical Analysis, Burden & Faires,
8th Ed.
Grading:
25% Homework
30% Midterm
45% Final
Homework: Homework will be assigned
approximately once per week, and will be
due precisely one week later.
Tenatively, homework will be assigned/due on Wednesdays.
Late Homework will not be accepted.
The lowest homework assignment will be dropped, however.
Homework assignment #1 is here. solutions
Homework assignment #2 is here. solutions
Homework assignment #3 is here. solutions
Homework assignment #4 is here. solutions
Homework assignment #5 is here. solutions
Homework assignment #6 is here. solutions
Homework assignment #7 is here. (practice hw, not to be turned in) solutions
Midterm: Friday, November 3. No make-up
exams.
Midterm solutions.
Final: Friday, December 15,
8:00-11:00am. The final exam is mandatory!
About the course: This is an
introductory course in numerical methods with emphasis on algorithms, analysis
of algorithms, and computer implementation issues. Here is a rough outline
of the topics covered:
weeks 1-2: Solutions of equations in one
variable. (Sections 2.1, 2.3, 2.4)
week 3: Computer arithmetic, errors and
accuracy. (1.2)
weeks 4-5.5: Polynomial interpolation
& midterm. (3.1, 3.2)
weeks 7-8: Numerical differentiation and
integration. (4.1-4.4, 4.7)
weeks 9-10: Direct methods for solving linear
systems. (6.1, 6.2, 6.5, 6.6)
More details.
Computing: You are expected to know how
to program a computer. This course we will
not cover programming concepts.
Each of you has been given an account for the PIC lab. Please visit
http://www.pic.ucla.edu/piclab to read
about the PIC lab.