CS 4220/Math 4260

Numerical Analysis: Linear and Nonlinear Problems

Spring 2011

Announcements | Syllabus | Assignments

Instructor: Charles Van Loan, 5153 Upson Hall, 255-5418, cv@cs.cornell.edu.

TA: There is no TA.

Office Hours: Walk-In hours are posted here. Sometimes I have to cancel hours because of unavoidable meetings and out-of-town travel.  If ever you show up at my office and I am not there, send me an email and you will hear from me soon.

Meeting Time & Place: MWF 2:30-3:20, 306 Hollister Hall.

Description: 4 credits. Prerequisites: MATH 2210 or 2940 or equivalent, one additional mathematics course numbered 3000 or above, and knowledge of Matlab programming.   Modern algorithms for systems of linear equations, least squares, symmetric eigenvalue problems, systems of nonlinear equations, and  optimization. This course requires more mathematical sophistication than COM S 3220. It can be taken either before or after CS 4210/Math 4250.

Reading materials for Registered Students Only: Go to the CMS website here. You will be prompted to log on. Log on using your CU NetID and password. Select CS4220 (even if you signed up for Math 4226).

Some Linear Algebra References:  Matrix Analysis and Applied Linear Algebra (C. Meyer), Linear Algebra and its Applications (G. Strang)

Some Matlab References: Insight Through Computing: A Matlab Introduction to Computational Science and Engineering (Van Loan and Fan), Getting Started with Matlab 7  (Pratap), Matlab: An Introduction with Applications (Gilat), Mastering Matlab7 ( Hanselman & Littlefield)

Computing: MATLAB is available on all public CIT Machines. The student edition of MATLAB  is available from Mathworks. 

Grading: Seven Assignments (40%), Two Prelims (35%), Final  Exam (25%)