Welcome to MthSc 365 Section 3 Numerical Methods for Engineers (Fall 2014)

1. This site: http://www.math.clemson.edu/~heister/math3650-fall2014/
2. Blackboard: http://bb.clemson.edu
3. Syllabus
4. Lecture notes (on blackboard)
5. Homework (on blackboard)

See http://www.registrar.clemson.edu/pdf/academicCalendar2014.pdf and http://www.registrar.clemson.edu/html/examSched.htm for important dates.

Schedule (Chapters refer to the lecture notes):

• 08/21:
  • Introduction
  • Syllabus
  • Chapter 1.1, 1.2: numerical methods, analytical solution
• 08/26:
  • Chapter 2: binary numbers, floating point representation
• 09/02:
  • Chapter 3: linear systems (Intro, back substitution)
• 09/04:
  • Gauss Elimination
  • lab2
• 09/09:
  • Backslash operator, LU decomposition
  • finish lab2 (Gauss Elimination)
• 09/11:
  • Taylor series
  • finite differences: forward, backward, centered
• 09/16:
  • centered difference
  • lab 3
• 09/18:
  • three point formulas
  • second derivative approximations
  • Initial Value Problems
  • Boundary Value Problems (started)
• 09/23:
  • lab on HW3