SECOND TEST

The second test will be held on Wednesday, November 18, 9:25-10:25 AM, in room 110 MLH. We can start at 9:25AM if everybody shows up before that time, otherwise we will start at 9:30AM. On all the material covered in class from section 4.3 (included) up to section 6.4 (included) of my class notes (basically corresponding to homeworks 5 to 9). The test will be done with open books and open notes. You can bring a simple (not powerful) calculator, but no laptop.

ASSIGNMENTS/HOMEWORK

1. hmwk1.ps, hmwk1.pdf due 09/04/09.
2. hmwk2.ps, hmwk2.pdf due 09/14/09.
3. hmwk3.ps, hmwk3.pdf due 09/21/09.
4. hmwk4.ps, hmwk4.pdf due 09/28/09.
5. hmwk5.ps, hmwk5.pdf due 10/09/09.
6. hmwk6.ps, hmwk6.pdf due 10/16/09.
7. hmwk7.ps, hmwk7.pdf due 10/23/09.
8. hmwk8.ps, hmwk8.pdf due 10/30/09.
9. hmwk9.ps, hmwk9.pdf due 11/06/09.
10. hmwk10.ps, hmwk10.pdf due 11/13/09.

RECOMMENDED READINGS FROM THE TEXTBOOK (AND FROM OTHER REFERENCES)

• 2.2, 2.3
• 2.1, 2.4
• 1.2, 3.1.2
• 4.1, 4.2, 4.3.1
• 4.6, 4.7
• 4.4.2, 4.4.3
• 5.1
• 3.2.3, 4.5

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Syllabus.
• ICON
• Textbook (recommended): Numerical Methods in Scientific Computing: Volume 1 by Germund Dahlquist and Ake Bjorck, Publisher: Society for Industrial Mathematics (SIAM), Textbook in Numerical Analysis, 2008, xxviii + 717 pages, Hardcover, ISBN-10: 0898716446, ISBN-13 978-0-898716-44-3, list price: $109.00, SIAM member price $76.30 (becoming a SIAM member is free for students!). Library reference: Engineering Library QA297 .D335 2008. Contents; Preface; Index. The textbook on amazon.com.

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.
• A 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.
• An excellent book on Matlab: MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications by Amos Gilat.
• A Very Elementary MATLAB Tutorial, MATLAB Tutorials from Other Universities, MATLAB & Simulink Tutorials, MATLAB Homework Helper, all presented by Mathworks, Inc., producers of Matlab.
• Crash Course in MATLAB by Tobin Driscoll, University of Delaware.
• Some Matlab tutorials from Edward Neuman
• Matlab tutorial - University of New Hampshire
• Matlab tutorial - University of British Columbia
• Matlab tutorial - University of Florida
• 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)
• MATLAB Guide by D. J. Higham and N. J. Higham, SIAM, Philadelphia, 2005 (ENGINEERING QA297 .H5217 2005)
• Introduction to Engineering Programming: in C, MATLAB and JAVA.

FORTRAN

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

LINUX COMPUTER ACCOUNTS

• Linux computer accounts will be made available on the Linux network in MLH (computer lab rooms B5 and 301). You can also use the NoMachine NX Client Windows software to access your Linux computer account remotely.
• Selected Unix commands.
• Class directory: /group/class/m_170. Group you belong to: m_170.
• If you do not know your password go to 303A MLH. To change your Mathematical Sciences password here is the online password change tool.
• 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.
• Divisional Studio Classroom and HP Computer Lab
• Getting Started in the Division of Mathematical Sciences

TEACHING ASSISTANT

• Scott J. Small, e-mail: ssma@math.uiowa.edu. 325N MLH. Phone: 335-3772. Office hours: 12:30-1:30 on Tuesdays, 9:30-10:30 and 12:30-1:30 on Thursdays.

LIST OF STUDENTS

1. Cai, Wenbiao
2. Cetin, Cenk
3. Choi, Jun Hyeak
4. Du, Ling
5. Engel, Mitchell
6. Gasper, Rebecca Elizabeth
7. Gaul, Nicholas John
8. Ke, Jianwei
9. Kwon, Hyun Jung
10. Shan, Yaping
11. Song, Hyeongjin
12. Sposi, Michael
13. Swaney, Colin Bryan
14. Tsuruta, Kai E
15. Wang, Xiayi
16. Yesilirmak, Muharrem
17. Zhang, Tianyi
18. Zhu, Chenhong