GENERAL INFORMATION

• Syllabus.
• Textbook (complement): Numerical Mathematics by A. Quarteroni, R. Sacco, & F. Saleri, Springer, Texts in applied mathematics, New York, 37, ISBN: 0387989595, list price: $69.95. Library reference: MATH QA297 .Q836 2000.

FURTHER READING FOR YOUR OWN INTEREST

• A lot of useful information on the course, especially the lectures section and an overview of numerical analysis (pdf), from Ken Atkinson. Some GUIs and other updated material written by Ken.
• The definition of numerical analysis (ps) as discussed by L. N. Trefethen.
• Two resarch level papers on interpolation: Barycentric Lagrange interpolation (pdf), The Numerical Stability of Barycentric Lagrange Interpolation (pdf).

MATLAB

• Free electronic textbook Numerical Computing with MATLAB by Cleve Moler himself!, the founder of Matlab.
• Matlab Help is available directly from the Help menu of the Matlab window.
• A Very Elementary MATLAB Tutorial, MATLAB Tutorials from Other Universities, MATLAB & Simulink Tutorials, MATLAB Homework Helper, all presented by Mathworks, Inc., producers of Matlab.
• Some Matlab tutorials from Edward Neuman
• Matlab tutorial - University of New Hampshire
• Matlab tutorial - US Naval Academy
• Matlab tutorial - University of British Columbia
• Matlab tutorial - University of Florida
• Matlab tutorial - University of California at Los Angeles
• MATLAB Online Reference Documentation provides direct hypertext links to specific MATLAB function descriptions (from the Math Dept, University of Florida).
• Matlab Primer (ps) (for an earlier version of Matlab)
• Matlab 5 introduction (ps, see also html)
• Mathtools.net: a technical computing portal for scientific and engineering needs.

FORTRAN

• Type "man f90" on Unix workstations for information on how to compile
• A list of Fortran tutorials, Fortran 90 for the Fortran 77 programmer.

COMPUTER LABORATORY

• Divisional Studio Classroom and HP Computer Lab
• Getting Started in the Division of Mathematical Sciences

UNIX CLASS ACCOUNTS

• Class directory: /group/class/m170.
• Class submit directory: /group/submit/m170.
• Group you belong to and class mailing list: m170.
• If you do not know your password go to 303A MLH.
• Accounts for students who are not majoring in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Statistics and Actuarial Science will be deleted after the term has ended! Note the expiration date at the top of your Unix Account Information form.
• The directory for this class will be removed before the beginning of the next term! If there is anything in this directory that you would like to save, you must archive it to your own home directory.

POSSIBLE READINGS FROM THE TEXTBOOK

• For the week of 08/29 you may read section 2.5.
• For the week of 09/05 you may read sections 2.4 and 2.3.
• For the week of 09/12 you may read sections 8.1 and 8.2.
• For the week of 09/19 you may read sections 2.1 and 8.4.
• For the week of 09/26 you may read section 10.9.
• For the week of 10/03 you may read sections 8.3 and 8.6.
• For the week of 10/10 you may read section 9.1.
• For the week of 10/17 you may read sections 9.2 and 10.2.
• For the week of 10/24 you may read sections 10.1, 10.4, and 10.7.
• For the week of 10/31 you may read sections 10.3, 10.8, and 10.9 (again).
• For the week of 11/14 you may read sections 6.2, 6.3, and 7.1.

GRADER

• Yuan Wu, e-mail: yuawu@math.uiowa.edu.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

1. hmwk1.ps, hmwk1.pdf due 09/09/05.
2. hmwk2.ps, hmwk2.pdf due 09/16/05.
3. hmwk3.ps, hmwk3.pdf due 09/23/05.
4. hmwk4.ps, hmwk4.pdf due 10/03/05.
5. hmwk5.ps, hmwk5.pdf due 10/12/05 (extended deadline).
6. hmwk6.ps, hmwk6.pdf due 10/28/05.
7. hmwk7.ps, hmwk7.pdf due 11/07/05.
8. hmwk8.ps, hmwk8.pdf due 11/14/05.
9. hmwk9.ps, hmwk9.pdf due 11/28/05.
10. hmwk10.ps, hmwk10.pdf due 12/05/05.