Last update: Sep 15, 2014
Textbook: Burden and Faires: Numerical Analysis, 9th edition.
Office hour: By appointment (ºî¤TÀ] 721, ext 62231).

Prerequisite: basic programming skills
 (Be able to handle (multiple) for loop, if loop and while loop, etc.)

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 02: Solutions of Equations in One Variable: 2.1-2.5 (2.6).
Chap 03: Interpolation and Polynomial Approximation 3.1, 3.5.
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 08: Approximation Theory: 8.1(12).
Chap 10: Numerical Solutions of Nonlinear Systems of Equations: 10.1-10.3 (if
         time permits).

Detailed schedule of course contents and exam dates will be posted
in next updated version.