MCS 320 Project Descriptions

There will be three projects assigned during the semester. Description of the assignments will be posted below.

Project One:a Password Manager, due Monday 14 February 2011, at 11AM

We investigate a prototype of a password manager with Maple. The classic Maple worksheet needs the procedures to_number , to_string , and modexp .

Project Two:Problems of Pursuit, due Wednesday 6 April 2011, at 11AM

Start the project downloading the classic Maple worksheet. deadline postponed till Friday 8 April, at 11AM

Project Three:simulating the n-body problem, due Friday 29 April 2011, at 11AM

To work on the project in MATLAB, download the scripts planar3rhsMatlab.m and planar3bodyMatlab.m.
To work on the project in Octave, download the scripts planar3rhsOctave.m and planar3bodyOctave.m.

(bonus) Project Four due Thursday 5 May 2011, at 10:30AM

The project description is here: an application in Sage.