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MATH 448/548 (CPT 430/530)
Numerical Analysis
Spring 2008
Tuesday, Thursday 1:25-2:40, Todd 302

Instructor: Sergey Lapin
Office: Neil 327
Office Hours: M,Tu,F 3:10-4, and by appointment
Email: slapin@math.wsu.edu
Web-page: http://www.math.wsu.edu/math/faculty/slapin/

Required book: D. Kincaid, W. Cheney Numerical Analysis: Mathematics of Scientific Computing.
Optional book: A. Quarteroni, F. Saleri Scientific Computing with MATLAB and Octave.
Matlab manual: Getting Started with MATLAB 7.

Course outline:
1. Review of calculus and computer arithmetic
2. Solution of nonlinear equations
3. Numerical differentiation and integration
4. Solution of systems of linear equations
5. Numerical solution of ODEs
6. Numerical solution of PDEs

Grading:
* Homework assignments - 30%
* Midterm exam - 30%
* Final exam - 40%

Homework assignments:
1. Homework #1
2. Homework #2
3. Homework #3
4. Homework #4 (optional)

Final Project for graduate students
Final Project for undergraduate students (updated)
Exact solution for Final Project for undergraduate students





Syllabus in PDF format



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