MCS 471 Project Descriptions

There will be five projects assigned during the semester.

Project One due Friday 28 January 2005, 10AM

Evaluation of a Geometric Sum (html) Maple Worksheet (mws file).
  • postscript version of project description
  • project description in pdf format
  • html file of a solution, and the corresponding Maple worksheet

    • Project Two due Wednesday 16 February 2005, 10AM

    Graeffe's Root-Squaring Method
  • the function graeffe
  • the function flip
  • the function even
  • a solution to the project

    • Project Three due Friday 11 March 2005, 10AM

    Numerical Aspects of Linear Programming
  • download the m-file for the simplex algorithm

    The function simplex needs six subroutines:

  • the function initialize
  • the function entering
  • the function leaving
  • the function diagonalize
  • the function passing
  • the function solution
  • a solution to the project

    • Project Four due Friday 1 April 2005, 10AM

    Fourier Series with Maple
  • postscript version of the project description;
  • html output of a Maple worksheet;
  • download the Maple worksheet.
  • html file of a solution, and the corresponding Maple worksheet.

    • Project Five due Wednesday 27 April 2005, 10AM

    Solving Initial Value Problems
  • postscript version of the project description;
  • html output of a Maple worksheet;
  • download the Maple worksheet.
  • html file of a solution, and the corresponding Maple worksheet.

    • Project Six due Friday 29 April 2005, 10AM

    Solving Boundary Value Problems
  • postscript version of the project description;
  • meshsys.m;
  • mesheig.m;
  • a solution to the project.