MCS 471: Numerical Analysis

Course Information

Title: Numerical Analysis (3 hours/4 hours)
Lecture Time: Monday/Wednesday/Friday 10am - 10:50am
Lecture Location: Taft Hall 204

Personal Information

Office: 1219 Science and Engineering Offices (SEO)
E-mail: davidn ((at)) uic ((dot)) edu

Office Hours

Time: Wednesdays, 1pm - 2pm, or by appointment.
Location: SEO 1219

Textbook

Sauer, Numerical Analysis, Third Edition.

Other References

Burden & Faires, Numerical Analysis, Ninth Edition.
Faires & Burden, Numerical Methods, Fourth Edition.
Cheney & Kincaid, Numerical Mathematics and Computing, Seventh Edition.

Grading

Homeworks: 40%
Take-Home Midterm: 30%
Take-Home Final: 30%

Homeworks

Homework 1 due Friday, September 21 by 2pm.
- 0.1: 6
- 0.2: 4(a)-(d), 8(a)-(d)
- 0.3: 2
- 0.4: C2
- 0.5: 6
- 1.1: C2
- 1.2: 20, C4
- 1.3: 6, C2
- 1.4: 4, C10
- 1.5: C2(a), C4
Homework 2 due Friday, October 12 by 2pm.
- 2.1: 6, C1(a)
- 2.2: 6, C1(a)
- 2.3: 8, C2
- 2.4: 4(a)
- 2.5: C6
- 2.6: 10, C6 (use MATLAB's CG)
Homework 3 due Monday, November 12 by 2pm.
- 2.7: C12
- 3.1: 18
- 3.2: 4, C4
- 3.3: C4
- 4.2: C4
- 4.3: C8 (use MATLAB's QR)
- 4.4: C2 (use MATLAB's GMRES)
- 4.5: 4, C8
- 5.1: 10, C2
- 5.2: 12, C8
Homework 4 due Friday, November 30 by 2pm.
- 5.3: C2(a)-(d)
- 5.5: 2
- 6.1: 3(a)-(b); C2(a)-(b)
- 6.2: 1(a)-(b); C1(a)-(b)
- 6.4: C2(a)-(b)

Exams

Take-Home Midterm Exam due Friday, October 19 by 2pm.
Take-Home Final Exam due Friday, December 14 by 2pm.

Tentative Schedule

Week	Date	Sections/Topics
1	Mon, Aug 27	Demonstration
	Wed, Aug 29	0.1 & 0.2
	Fri, Aug 31	0.3
2	Mon, Sep 3	LABOR DAY
	Wed, Sep 5	0.4 & 0.5
	Fri, Sep 7	1.1
3	Mon, Sep 10	1.2
	Wed, Sep 12	1.3
	Fri, Sep 14	1.4 & 1.5
4	Mon, Sep 17	Lin Alg: Vectors
	Wed, Sep 19	Lin Alg: Matrices
	Fri, Sep 21 [HW 1 due]	Lin Alg: E-vals
5	Mon, Sep 24	Lin Alg: E-vals
	Wed, Sep 26	2.1 & 2.2
	Fri, Sep 28	2.3
6	Mon, Oct 1	2.4
	Wed, Oct 3	2.5
	Fri, Oct 5	2.6
7	Mon, Oct 8	2.6
	Wed, Oct 10	2.7
	Fri, Oct 12 [HW 2 due]	3.1
8	Mon, Oct 15	3.2
	Wed, Oct 17	3.3
	Fri, Oct 19 [MIDTERM DUE]	4.1 & 4.2
9	Mon, Oct 22	4.3
	Wed, Oct 24	4.4
	Fri, Oct 26	4.4
10	Mon, Oct 29	4.5
	Wed, Oct 31	5.1
	Fri, Nov 2	5.1
11	Mon, Nov 5	5.2
	Wed, Nov 7	5.3
	Fri, Nov 9	5.5
12	Mon, Nov 12 [HW 3 due]	6.1
	Wed, Nov 14	6.1
	Fri, Nov 16	6.2
13	Mon, Nov 19	6.2
	Wed, Nov 21	6.4
	Fri, Nov 23	THANKSGIVING
14	Mon, Nov 26	7.2
	Wed, Nov 28	7.3
	Fri, Nov 30 [HW 4 due]	8.1
15	Mon, Dec 3	8.1
	Wed, Dec 5	8.2
	Fri, Dec 7	8.3

MATLAB Documentation

MATLAB Primer