Math 5334, Spring 2008
Numerical Analysis for Scientists and Engineers

Contact information for the professor:

• Email: victoria.howle@ttu.edu
• Phone: 806-742-2580 ext.264
• Office: Math 217
• Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 11:00 to 12:00 (or by appointment) in MA 217
• Stop by MA 217: You should always feel free to stop by if I am in my office. (But if it is not during office hours and I am in the middle of something, I may have to ask you to come back at another time.)

Course Syllabus
The textbook for the course is Numerical Computing with MATLAB, by Cleve Moler. Cleve Moler and The MathWorks have also made available a whole collection of MATLAB scripts and functions that accompany the book.

Announcements:

• 4/8/08: Homework 4 solutions are posted.


• 3/31/08: Exam 2. As we voted on in class today, the 2nd in-class exam will be Wednesday 4/9 (next week).
  
  • As before, it will be open book and open note.
  • Covers the 2nd half of chapter 4 (4.5 IQI through 4.10 Optimization) and all of Chapter 5 (Least Squares) and Chapter 6 (Quadrature).


• 3/31/08: Homework 4 is posted below. Also as voted on in class today, it is a short assignment, but is due this Friday 4/4 (so I can post solutions before your exam). Please turn in Homework 4 by Monday 4/7 at the latest (even if you have more late days left).


• 3/31/08: Homework 3 solutions are posted.


• Previous announcements

Homework assignments:

Assignment	Due Date	Problems
HW 1	Monday 1/28/08	Moler NCM: 1.33, 1.34, 1.38, 1.40, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.8, 2.10
HW 2	Wednesday 2/13/08	Moler NCM: 2.15, 2.19, 3.3, 3.4, 3.7, 3.8, 3.13, 3.18
HW 3	Friday 3/14/08	Moler NCM: 4.3, 4.8, 4.16, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.12
HW 4	Friday 4/4/08	Moler NCM: 6.1, 6.3, 6.6, 6.20
HW 5	Monday 4/28/08	Moler NCM: 7.4, 7.7, 8.1, 8.9

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