Lectures: MWF 10:00A-10:50A in MS 6229
Discussion : T 10:00A-10:50A in MS 6229
Instructor: Jesus Rosado
Office: 7370 Math Sciences Building.
Email: jrosado@math.ucla.edu
Office Hours : Thu 3:00P-4:30P, Fri 11:00A-12:30PTeaching Assistant : Wenjian Liu
Office: 2963
Email: wenjianliu@math.ucla.edu
Office Hours :Textbook: R. L. Burden, J. L. Faires, `Numerical Analysis'
Other References:E. Süli, D. Mayers, `An introduction to numerical Analysis'Requisite: MATH courses 32B, 33B, 115A, Program in Computing 10A
W. Cheney, D. Kincaid, `Numrical Mathematics and Computing'
Important dates:
Exams:
Midterm 1: Monday, January 28 during lectureHolidays:
Midterm 2: Wednesday, February 20 during lecture
Midterm 3: Monday, March 11 during lecture
Final: Wednesday, March 20, 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM
There will be no make-up exams.
Calculators may be needed on the exams.
Martin Luther King, Jr: Monday, January 21
Presidents’ Day: Monday, February 18
There will be weekly homework, due on Monday, in lecture.
In the case that Monday coincides with a holiday, homework will be due on Wednessday.
No late homework will be accepted.
In the Discussion Session of weeks 4, 7 and 10 the last 20 minutes will be dedicated to do a Quiz, where you will be asked to solve one of the exercesises assigned as homework up to that day. You MUST HAVE PRESENTED at least two thirds of the assignments between quizes to have the quiz graded.
In addition to this you will be asked to complete two programming projects (pp). The details of this projects will be given at the time they are assigned.
The final grade of the course will be the maximum of the following schemes:Updated: January, 2013G1 = 15%Quizes + 15% PP + 70% FinalThe lowest quiz grade will be dropped.
G2 = 15%Quizes + 15% PP + 50% Final + 30% Midterms
G2 = 15%Quizes + 15% PP + 50% Final + 20% max(MT 1 and 2, MT 1 and 3, MT 2 and 3)