Math 413: Introduction to Numerical Analysis

Spring 2005

Department of Mathematical Sciences, UWM

Lecture Time and Place

  2:00 PM - 2:50 PM, Tuesday and Thursday, EMS, Room E495.

Instructor

  Dr. Dexuan Xie
  Office:	EMS-478
  Telephone:	229-4111
  E-mail:	mailto:dxie@csd.uwm.edu
  Homepage:	http://www.uwm.edu/~dxie/
  Office Hours: 10:00 - 11:00 AM, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Lab. Time and Place

  5:00 PM - 5:50 PM, Tuesday, EMS, Room E425. Instructor: Mr. Xu

Textbook

  Applied Numerical-Analysis, Curtis F. Gerald and Patrick O. Wheatley, 7th Edition, Addison Wesley, 2004.

Prerequisite

  Grade of C or better in Math 231, Math 232, and Math 234.

Course Overview

Chapter 0. Preliminaries: Sections 0.4 and 0.6.
Chapter 1. Solving Nonlinear Equaitons: Sections 1.1 to 1.5.
Chapter 2. Solving Liner Systems: Sections 2.2, 2.4, and 2.5.
Chapter 3. Interpolation and Curve Fitting: Sections 3.1 to 3.3, 3.6.
Chapter 5. Numerical Differentiation and Integration: Sections 5.1 to 5.3, 5.5, 5.6.

Grading

Midterm Exam: 25 % on March 15, 2005.
Six home work evaluations: 40 % (including the program assignments).
Attendance: 5 %. 1 % reduction for one class missing.
Final Exam: 30 % on May 18, 2005 (12:30 - 2:30 PM)
Grading scale: A (90-100), B+ (86-89), B (80-85), C (70-79), D (60-69), F (below 59)

Important Dates

January 24: First class February 4: Last day to change audit
February 18: Last day to drop without a "W" on record 
March 18: Last day to drop 
March 20 - 27: Spring Break
May 11: Last class

Rules

Books, notes, and graphic calculators/computers are NOT allowed to be used for
all tests. 
No makeup for tests and quizzes except those that are missed because of a 
religious observance, illnesses (with a doctor office letter), or when called to 
active military duty service.

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