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CSCI 4100 SPRING 2005
CLASS LOG
5/3:
Handouts: Example of Gaussian elimination.
Material covered: Discussed how to write program for Gaussian elimination with scaled partial pivoting. Started Chapter 9 - did first-degree splines.
Assignment: Read Chapter 9; do Assignment 6.
4/28:
Handouts: Assignment 6.
Material covered: Did Gaussian Elimination with scaled partial pivoting in Chapter 6.
Assignment: Read Chapter 6; do Assignment 6.
4/26:
Handouts: None.
Material covered: Did Gaussian Elimination in Chapter 6.
Assignment: Read Chapter 6.
4/21:
Handouts: None.
Material covered: Administered Test 3.
Assignment: None.
4/19:
Handouts: Examples of Richardson, Trapezoidal, and Romberg.
Material covered: Went over examples of Richardson, Trapezoidal, and Romberg.
Assignment: Assignment 5 due today; study for Test 3.
4/14:
Handouts: Test 3 Study Guide.
Material covered: Finished Chapter 5.
Assignment: Read Chapter 5; Assignment 5 due 4/19; study for Test 3.
4/12:
Handouts: Assignment 5.
Material covered: Did Chapter 5 through page 212.
Assignment: Read Chapter 5; Assignment 5 due 4/19.
3/31:
Handouts: Examples of Richardson extrapolation; approximating the second derivative.
Material covered: Finished Chapter 4.
Assignment: Read Chapter 4.
3/29:
Handouts: None.
Material covered: Numerical differentiation and Richardson extrapolation.
Assignment: Read Chapter 4.
3/24:
Handouts: None.
Material covered: Administered Test 2.
Assignment: None.
3/22:
Handouts: None.
Material covered: Reviewed for Test 2.
Assignment: Assignment 4 due today. Study for Test 2 on March 24.
3/17:
Handouts: Test 2 Study Guide via email.
Material covered: Did Chapter 4 through page 152.
Assignment: Assignment 4 due March 22. Read Chapter 4. Study for Test 2.
3/15:
Handouts: None.
Material covered: Finished Chapter 3. Discussed Assignment 4.
Assignment: Assignment 4 due March 22. Read Chapter 3.
3/8:
Handouts: Assignment 4 via email.
Material covered: Finished Chapter 2. Did bisection method and Newton's method in Chapter 3.
Assignment: Assignment 4 due March 22. Read Chapter 3.
3/3:
Handouts: None.
Material covered: Administered Test 1.
Assignment: Read pages 54-57 of Chapter 2.
3/1:
Handouts: Optional Assignment 3 via email.
Material covered: Went over Assignment 3. Completed review of study guide. Did Chapter 2 through top of page 57.
Assignment: Study for Test 1 on March 3.
2/24:
Handouts: Test 1 Study Guide.
Material covered: Started going over the Chapter 2 part of the study guide.
Assignment: Study for Test 1 on March 3.
2/22:
Handouts: None.
Material covered: Did another Taylor series example. Showed that the TSE of a polynomial is the polynomial itself. Showed how to determine the radius of convergence for the TSE of ln(1+x). Finished Chapter 1. Did Chapter 2 through page 48.
Assignment: Do Assignment 2.
2/17:
Handouts: Assignment 2 by email.
Material covered: Did the Taylor Series Expansion for sin x, ex, ln(1+x) near x=0. Approximated values using these series; approximated the error using En+1, and computed the radius of convergence.
Assignment: Do Assignment 2.
2/15:
Handouts: None.
Material covered: Discussed Assignment 1. Reviewed some basic facts from precalculus and calculus; introduced Taylor's Theorem.
Assignment: Do Assignment 1.
2/10:
Handouts: Assignment 1 distributed by email.
Material covered: No class due to illnesses in family.
Assignment: Read Chapter 1; do Assignment 1.
2/8:
Handouts: Syllabus.
Material covered: Syllabus; did Chapter 1 through page 5.
Assignment: Read Chapter 1.
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