Jan 21 - Jan 25: Finite difference methods for IVP's
Jan 28 - Feb 1: Multistep methods, order and stability
Feb 4 - Feb 8: Stability regions & stiff problems
Feb 11 - Feb 15: Hamiltonian problems & dynamical systems
Feb 18 - Feb 22: Differential Algebraic Equations (prelim 1 this week)
Feb 25 - Mar 1: The diffusion equation & the wave equation
Mar 4 - Mar 8: Finite difference methods for PDE's
Mar 11 - Mar 15: Fourier analysis
Mar 18 - Mar 22: Spring break
Mar 25 - Mar 29: Von Neumann stability & CFL stability (prelim 2 this week)
Apr 1 - Apr 5: Hyperbolic conservation laws & shock waves
Apr 8 - Apr 12: L1 contraction and nonlinear stability
Apr 15 - Apr 19: Boundary value problems & the finite element method
Apr 22 - Apr 26: Mesh generation & sparse matrix methods
Apr 29 - May 3: Multigrid
handed out 1/21/02