Last update: Sep 16, 2010
Textbook: Burden and Faires: Numerical Analysis, 8th edition.
Office hour: By appointment (ºî¤TÀ] 721, ext 62231), 
             Mon 2:10PM-4PM (TA: ºî¤TÀ] 212, ext 33066)

Grading: 
quiz+homework (40%, mostly on quiz), midterms, (20% each) and final (20%).

Course contents:

Week 01: (No recitation this week) 
 Tu: 09/14:  
 Fr: 09/17:   
  0.1: Matlab (Octave) Tutorial
  1.2: Rounding Errors and Computer Arithmetic (13)

Week 02: 
 Tu: 09/21: 
 Fr: 09/24: 
  1.3: Algorithms and Convergence (8)
  2.1: Bisection (7)  

Week 03: 
 Tu: 09/28: ------------------------ Teachers' day. No class.
 Fr: 10/01: quiz 1 --------------------(homework 01 - homework 02) 

Week 04:
 Tu: 10/05: 
 Fr: 10/08:  
  2.2: Fixed Point Iteration (10) 
  2.3: Newton's method  (12)

Week 05: 
 Tu: 10/12: 
 Fr: 10/15: 
  2.4: Error Analysis for Iterative Methods (8)
  2.5: Accelerating Convergence (4)

Week 06: 
 Tu: 10/19: 
 Tu: 10/19: recitation 
 Fr: 10/22: quiz 2 --------------------(homework 04 - homework 05) 
  2.6: Muller's Method (10)

Week 07: 
 Tu: 10/26: 
 Tu: 10/26: recitation 
 Fr: 10/29: Midterm Exam 1 ---------------------------------(week 01 - week 06)
  3.1: Interpolation and Lagrangian polynomial (15)

Week 08:
 Tu: 11/02:
 Fr: 11/05: 
  3.1: Interpolation and Lagrangian polynomial (continue)
  3.2: Divided Difference (11)

Week 09:
 Tu: 11/09: 
 Fr: 11/12: quiz 3 --------------------(homework 07 - homework 08) 
  3.3: Hermite Interpolation (7)
  3.4: Cubic Spline Interpolation (20)

Week 10:
 Tu: 11/16: 
 Fr: 11/19: 
  3.4: Cubic Spline Interpolation (continue)
  4.1: Numerical Differentiation (11)

Week 11:
 Tu: 11/23:
 Fr: 11/26: quiz 4 --------------------(homework 09 - homework 10) 
  4.1: Numerical Differentiation (continue)

Week 12:
 Tu: 11/30: 
 Fr: 12/03: 
  4.2: Richardson Extrapolation (8)
  4.3: Elements of Numerical Integration (9)

Week 13:
 Tu: 12/07: Midterm Exam 2 ---------------------------------(week 07 - week 12)
 Fr: 12/10:      

Week 14:
 Tu: 12/14: 
 Fr: 12/17: 
  4.4: Composite Numerical Integration (11)
  4.5: Gaussian Quadrature (6)

Week 15:
 Tu: 12/21: 
 Fr: 12/24: quiz 5 --------------------(homework 13 - homework 14) 
  6.1: Linear System of Equations (14)

Week 16:
 Tu: 12/28:
 Fr: 12/31: 
  6.2: Pivoting Strategies (10)
  6.5: Matrix Factorization (10)

Week 17:
 Tu: 01/04: quiz 6 --------------------(homework 15 - homework 16) 
 Fr: 01/07: 
  6.6: Special Types of Matrices (15)

Week 18: Tu 01/11 or Fr 01/14: Final Exam ------------------(week 12 - week 17)