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
- This site: http://www.math.clemson.edu/~heister/math365-fall2013/
- Blackboard: http://bb.clemson.edu
- Syllabus (see blackboard)
- Lecture notes (on blackboard)
- 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):
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September 17:
- Newton in higher dimensions
- finish Chapter 4
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September 12:
- Newton and Secant method (Chapter 4)
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September 10:
- Bisection method (Chapter 4)
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September 5:
- Chapter 3: finite differences
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September 3:
- start Chapter 3: forward/backward/central difference formula
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August 29:
- Finish Chapter 2: problems in arithmic
- Matlab introduction (appendix/Chapter 10)
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August 27:
- Chapter 2
- binary numbers, how to convert
- 64 bit floating point format
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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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