This schedule is tentative and subject to change.

Week Date Topic Reading Video and notes
1 1/23 Introduction Ch 1 Intro, Why take the class, Basic error analysis, Notes
1/25 Floating point Ch 2 IEEE floating point, A cautionarity tale, Floating point failures and fixes, Notes
2 1/30 Nonlinear equations Ch 3 Solving a cubic by bisection and Newton, Solving a cubic by secant iteration, Notes
2/1 Nonlinear equations Ch 3 Notes, Discussion of problem 5
3 2/6 Linear algebra background Ch 4 Notes
2/8 Linear algebra background Ch 4 Notes
4 2/13 Gaussian elimination Ch 5 Notes
2/15 Gaussian elimination Ch 5 Notes, Prelim logistics
5 2/20 Prelim review
2/21 First prelim! (Ch 1-5)
2/22 Least squares Ch 6 Notes
6 2/27 Least squares Ch 6 Notes
2/29 SVD Ch 4+6 Notes
7 3/5 Iterative methods Ch 7 Notes
3/7 Iterative methods Ch 7 Notes
8 3/12 Nonlinear systems Ch 9 Notes
3/14 Nonlinear systems Ch 9 Notes
9 3/19 Spring break
3/21 Spring break
10 3/26 Interpolation Ch 10 Notes
3/28 Interpolation Ch 10 Notes
11 4/2 Interpolation Ch 11 Notes
4/5 Prelim review Ch 6-7, 9-11
4/5 Prelim 2 (Ch 6-7, 9-11)
12 4/9 Differentiation Ch 14 Notes
4/11 Differentiation Ch 14 Notes
13 4/16 Quadrature Ch 15 Notes
4/18 Quadrature Ch 15 Notes
14 4/23 ODEs Ch 16 Notes
4/25 ODEs Ch 16 Notes, runvdp.m
15 4/30 ODE examples Notes, code
5/2 Review Notes
5/14 Final exam 9:00-11:30