18.330 Numerical Analysis (2008)
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| + | ====General==== | ||
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| + | |Instructor | ||
| + | | Yossi Farjoun | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |Prerequisites | ||
| + | |18.03 or 18.034 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |Textbook | ||
| + | |Numerical Analysis, Burden and Faires '''however''', it is not required. Do not feel obliged to buy this book. | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |Location | ||
| + | |MWF 2-3pm in 2-132 | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | ====Grades==== | ||
| + | The course will have written assignments, programming assignments, quizzes, mid-terms and a final. The grade will be determined by averaging: | ||
| − | + | *10% Quizzes (about 5 throughout the sememster) | |
| + | *15% Written H/W (about 1 per week) | ||
| + | *15% Programming H/W (about 1 per 2 weeks) | ||
| + | *20% Each of 2 midterms (The first one is scheduled for Mar 10, 2008) | ||
| + | *40% Final | ||
| − | + | ====Syllabus==== | |
| + | This is a work in progress, but I intend to cover the following topics, more-or-less in the order they appear: | ||
| + | |||
| + | *Zero-finding | ||
| + | *Interpolation | ||
| + | **Polynomial | ||
| + | **Spline | ||
| + | *LU Decomposition | ||
| + | *Some Linear Algebra | ||
| + | *Integration | ||
| + | *Numerical Solutions to ODE | ||
Revision as of 04:32, 4 February 2008
General
| Instructor | Yossi Farjoun |
| Prerequisites | 18.03 or 18.034 |
| Textbook | Numerical Analysis, Burden and Faires however, it is not required. Do not feel obliged to buy this book. |
| Location | MWF 2-3pm in 2-132 |
Grades
The course will have written assignments, programming assignments, quizzes, mid-terms and a final. The grade will be determined by averaging:
- 10% Quizzes (about 5 throughout the sememster)
- 15% Written H/W (about 1 per week)
- 15% Programming H/W (about 1 per 2 weeks)
- 20% Each of 2 midterms (The first one is scheduled for Mar 10, 2008)
- 40% Final
Syllabus
This is a work in progress, but I intend to cover the following topics, more-or-less in the order they appear:
- Zero-finding
- Interpolation
- Polynomial
- Spline
- LU Decomposition
- Some Linear Algebra
- Integration
- Numerical Solutions to ODE
