Course outline:

Numerical analysis; introduction to probability and statistics.

Instructors:

Prof. Amparo Gil   (instructor responsible of the course)
Depto. Matemática Aplicada y Ciencias de la Computación.
e-mail: amparo.gil@unican.es

Visiting Prof. Sarah Hallerberg
Depto. Matemática Aplicada y Ciencias de la Computación.

Lectures:

Monday, Wednesday, 9:30-11:10,
Room UC-Cornell.

Computer sessions:

Friday, 8:30-9:30

Computer Lab of the Depto. Matemática Aplicada y Ciencias de la Computación.

Office hours:

 by appointment via e-mail (amparo.gil@unican.es).

Course computer framework:

PC computers (Windows XP); MATLAB, EXCEL

Textbook:

Numerical Methods for Engineers
by Chapra & Canale.

Several copies of the textbook are available at the Escuela de Caminos’ Library.

Reading:

Students are expected to read the chapters listed in the course schedule prior to each lecture.

Homework:

There will be homework assignments, which are due on Wednesdays at 9:40 am (see course schedule).

Exams:

There will be two preliminary exams and one final exam.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR PRELIM 1

Course schedule:

Detailed course schedule with deadlines for the assignments will be found here.

Material:

            Lectures  

Lecture 0  (9/22)    

Lecture 1 (9/24)

IEEE_formats

Condition_numbers

Lecture 2 (9/29)

Lecture 3 (10/1)

More on closed methods

Lecture 4 (10/6)

Lecture 5 (10/8)

Lecture 6 (10/20)

Lecture 7 (10/22)

Lecture 8 (10/27)

Lecture 9 (10/29)

Lecture 10 (10/31)

Lecture 11 (11/3)

From Lecture 12 on, the material will be posted at

Dr Sarah Hallerberg’s teaching webpage

Docs for the Comput. Sessions

Introduction to MATLAB

MATLAB CAPABILITIES

Computer Assignement 1

Computer Assignement 2

Computer Assignement 3

    Problem Sets

   Problem Set 1

   Problem Set 2

Final grade contributions:

The final grade will be calculated based on contributions given below.

Final grades:

Computer Assignments (CA)                      20%

2 Preliminary exams                                   40%                     

Final Exam                                                  20%

Attendance & participation & various         20%