Welcome to MthSc 365 Section 2 Numerical Methods for Engineers (Fall 2013)

(online at http://www.math.clemson.edu/~heister/math365-fall2013/)

Instructor: Dr. Timo Heister, heister@clemson.edu, http://www.math.clemson.edu/~heister/

Please contact me via email for questions, appointments, etc..

Handouts and Resources

  1. This site: http://www.math.clemson.edu/~heister/math365-fall2013/
  2. Blackboard: http://bb.clemson.edu
  3. Syllabus (see blackboard)
  4. Lecture notes (on blackboard)
  5. Homework (on blackboard)

Class Schedule

See http://www.registrar.clemson.edu/pdf/academicCalendar.pdf and http://www.registrar.clemson.edu/html/fallExam.htm for important dates.

Schedule (Chapters refer to the lecture notes, not the book):

  • September 17:
    • Newton in higher dimensions
    • finish Chapter 4
  • September 12:
    • Newton and Secant method (Chapter 4)
  • September 10:
    • Bisection method (Chapter 4)
  • September 5:
    • Chapter 3: finite differences
  • September 3:
    • start Chapter 3: forward/backward/central difference formula
  • August 29:
    • Finish Chapter 2: problems in arithmic
    • Matlab introduction (appendix/Chapter 10)
  • August 27:
    • Chapter 2
    • binary numbers, how to convert
    • 64 bit floating point format
  • August 22:
    • first day of class, syllabus
    • introduction to numerical methods
    • Analytical solution, numerical solution, convergence rates, Big O

Date: 2013-09-13 16:28:05 EDT

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