COURSE OUTLINE
 
Session 1 (1/12/99) 
INTRODUCTION 
Reading: Text, Ch. 1 and Ch. 2 (Sec. 2.1-2.2) 
Homework: Exercises 1.1.24; 1.2.27; 1.3.18. 

Session 2 (1/19/99) 
SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS IN ONE VARIABLE 
Reading: Text, Ch. 2 and Ch. 3 (Sec. 3.1) 
Homework: 2.1.1, 2.2.23, 2.3.6a, 2.3.25, 2.5.3. 

Session 3 (1/26/99) 
INTERPOLATION AND APPROXIMATION 
Reading: Text, Ch. 3 and Ch. 4 (Sec. 4.1-4.3) 
Homework: 3.1.15a-d, 3.2.2a, 3.3.2a, 3.4.11, 3.5.2a 

Session 4 (2/2/99) 
NUMERICAL DIFFERENTIATION AND INTEGRATION 
Reading: Text, Ch. 4 and Ch. 5 (Sec. 5.1-5.2) 
Homework: 4.4.1e, 4.4.2e, 4.4.16, 4.6.3a, 4.7.2e, 4.8.1a. 

Session 5 (2/9/99) 
INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS FOR ODE'S I 
Reading: Text, Ch. 5 
Homework: 5.2.2a, 5.2.7, 5.2.11, 5.4.11d, 5.4.14, 5.5.3a, 5.5.5. 

Session 6 (2/16/99) 
INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS FOR ODE'S II 
Reading: Text, Ch. 5 and Ch. 6 (Sec. 6.1) 
Homework: 5.6.4d, 5.6.5d, 5.7.3d, 5.7.5, 5.8.3d, 5.8.4, 5.9.7, 5.11.4d 

Session 7 (2/23/99) 
DIRECT METHODS FOR SOLVING LINEAR SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS 
Reading: Text, Ch. 6 and Ch. 7 (Sec. 7.1) 
Homework: 6.1.15, 6.2.9d, 6.3.12, 6.5.2d, 6.6.6d 

Session 8 (3/2/99) 
ITERATIVE METHODS FOR SOLVING LINEAR SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS 
Reading: Text, Ch. 7 and Ch. 8 (Sec. 8.1) 
TERM PROJECT PROPOSAL DUE !!!! 
Homework: 7.1.4d, 7.2.11, 7.3.5f 

Session 9 (3/9/99) 
APPROXIMATION THEORY 
Reading: Text, Ch. 8 and Ch. 9 (Sec. 9.1)
Homework:  8.4.1, 8.4.9, 8.6.3d

Session 10 (3/16/99) 
APPROXIMATING EIGENVALUES 
Reading: Text, Ch. 9 and Ch. 10 (Sec. 10.1) 
Homework:  9.2.13

Session 11 (3/23/99) 
SOLUTION OF NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS 
Reading: Text, Ch. 10 and Ch. 11 (Sec. 11.1) 
Homework:  10.1.11, 10.2.3b, 10.3.2d, 10.4.4a

Session 12 (3/30/99) 
BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS FOR ODE'S 
Reading: Text, Ch. 11 
Homework:  11.1.1, 11.2.1, 11.3.1, 11.4.1, 11.5.1

Session 13 (4/6/99) 
SOLUTION OF PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS I 
Reading: Text, Ch. 12 

Session 14 (4/13/99) 
SOLUTION OF PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS II 
Reading: Text, Ch. 12 
TERM PROJECT REPORT DUE !!!! 

Session 15 (4/20/99) 
FINAL EXAM - IN CLASS - 

 
Updated: 1999-09-08, 14:43