Week-By-Week Syllabus

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Week

Lecture

Notes

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Aug 25 Introduction
Reading:   1.1, 1.2 .
Event:

1

 
Aug 28 Linear System Solving
Aug 30

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Sep 1

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Reading: 2.2, 2.4 
Event: A1 Handout (Friday)

2

Sep 4 Analysis of Ax = b Solvers
Sep 6

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Sep 8

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Reading:1.2, 2.1, 2.3,
Event:

3

Sep 11 Positive Definite Systems
Sep 13

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Sep 15

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Reading: 2.5, 2.6  
Event:   A1 Due (Monday)

4

Sep 18 Least Squares
Sep 20 "
Sep 22 "
Reading:   3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5
Event:  A2 Due (Friday)

5

Sep 25 Singular Value Decomp
Sep 27

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Sep 29  Eigenvalue Problems
Reading: 3.6, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2  
Event:

6

Oct 2 "
Oct 4 In-Class Review
Oct 6 In-Class Prelim
Reading:   4.3, 4.4
Event: A3 Due (Monday) 

7

   Fall Break
Oct 11 Eigenvalue problems
Oct 13 "
Reading: 4.5.8, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3, 4.5.4  
Event

 

 

Week

Lecture

Notes

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Oct 16 Eigenvalue Problems
Oct 18 "
Oct 20 Nonlinear Equations
Reading:  4.5.2, 4.5.3, 4.5.4, 5.5 
Event:  

9

Oct 23 "
Oct 25 "
Oct 27 "
Reading  5.1-5.4, 5.6 
Event:   A4 Due Oct 27

10

Oct 30 Optimization
Nov 1 "
Nov 3 "
Reading: 6.4-6.6
Event:   

11

Nov 6 "
Nov 8 "
Nov 10 Initial Value Problem
Reading: 6.1-6.3, 7.3, 8.3  
Event:  A5 Due Nov 10

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Nov 13 "
Nov 15 "
Nov 17 "
Reading: 9.1-9.3  
Event:  Take-Home Exam Due Nov 17 

13

Nov 20 "
   Thanksgiving
   Thanksgiving
Reading:
Event: 
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Nov 27  
Nov 29  
Dec 1  
Reading:
Event: 

FINAL EXAM:  Thu, Dec 14 9:00 - 11:30 am