Last update: Dec 19, 2010
Textbook: Burden and Faires: Numerical Analysis, 8th edition.
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Grading: 
quiz+homework+attendance (40%, mostly on quiz), 
midterm 1, 2, (20% each) and final (20%).

Course contents:

Chap 00: Programming Language Tutorial: Matlab and Octave.
Chap 01: Mathematical Preliminaries and Error Analysis: 1.2-1.3.
Chap 04: Numerical differentiation and integration: 4.2-4.4, 4.7, 4.9.
Chap 06: Direct Methods for Solving Linear Systems: 6.1, 6.2, 6.5, 6.6.
Chap 07: Iterative Techniques in Matrix Algebra: 7.3-7.4.
Chap 02: Solutions of Equations in One Variable: 2.1-2.5 (2.6).
Chap 10: Numerical Solutions of Nonlinear Systems of Equations: 10.1-10.3.

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Chap 00: Programming Language Tutorial: Matlab and Octave.
Chap 01: Mathematical Preliminaries and Error Analysis: 1.2-1.3.
Chap 02: Solutions of Equations in One Variable: 2.1-2.5 (2.6).
Chap 03: Interpolation : 3.1-3.4.
Chap 04: Numerical differentiation and integration: 4.1-4.4, 4.7, 4.9.
Chap 06: Direct Methods for Solving Linear Systems: 6.1, 6.2, 6.5, 6.6.
% Chap 07: Iterative Techniques in Matrix Algebra: 7.3-7.4.
% Chap 10: Numerical Solutions of Nonlinear Systems of Equations: 10.1-10.3.

Sections: 3.2 (Neville's), 7.4 (relaxation technique, split from 7.3),
          9.2 (ON matrices, Similarity transform, 9.6 (SVD).