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January
| 23 | Introduction, motivation for numerical methods |
| 25 | Error estimation, round off and truncation |
| 30 | Programming |
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February
| 1 | Roots of equations |
| 6 | Roots of equations, contd. |
| 8 | Roots of equations, contd. |
| 13 | Matrices and linear equations |
| 15 | Matrices - Gaussian elimination, LU decomposition |
| 20 | Matrices - iterative methods, nonlinear equations |
| 22 | Matrices - eigenvalues |
| 27 | Optimization |
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March | 1 | Optimization |
| 6 | Curve fitting - linear least squares |
| 8 | Curve fitting - general linear least squares |
| 13 | Curve fitting - nonlinear regression |
| 15 | Curve fitting - Fourier series, basis functions |
| 20 | Spring Break; no class |
| 22 | Spring Break; no class |
| 27 | Interpolation |
| 29 | Numerical differentiation |
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April | 3 | Numerical integration |
| 5 | Numerical integration, contd. |
| 10 | Ordinary differential equations |
| 12 | Ordinary differential equations, contd. |
| 17 | Ordinary differential equations, contd. |
| 19 | Partial differential equations |
| 24 | Partial differential equations, contd. |
| 26 | Partial differential equations, contd. |
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May | 1 | Reading day |
| 2 | Reading day |
| 3 | FINAL EXAM, Thursday, 11:30-2:30 pm (date
scheduled
by registrar) |