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CS412 - Introduction to Numerical Methods
This page contains information for the Fall 1996 CS412 course.
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- Since there was a question about the
computational complexity of numerical analysis algorithms, I have
posted a preprint, by one of the
foremost mathematicians of today, on that subject, for those
interested in this tricky topic.
- changes on 20dec: grades ; ordered scores for homework,
midterm, final, and course.
- Time and Place: TR 12:55 - 2:15, CS&STAT 1221
- Lecturer: Carl de Boor.
email: deboor@cs.wisc.edu
Office hours: WF11-12, R14:30-15:30, 7379 CS&Stat
MIDTERM (in class) on Thursday 24 October 96.
I don't intend to provide a make-up exam.
FINAL EXAM: Thursday 19dec, 2:45p at 180 Science Building. I don't
intend to provide a make-up exam.
- TAs
- The text is brand new: Introduction to Scientific
Computing , by C. Van Loan (Computer Science Department,
Cornell University), Prentice-Hall, hence there is a growing list of errata for the text; also the text
may be supplemented here and there by additional material (12sep, 19sep, 24sep,
26sep, 01oct, 08oct, 10oct, 15oct, 17oct, 29oct, 05nov,
21nov). All the m-files
mentioned in the book are available, organized by chapter. Be
aware, though, that, on the ftp site
mentioned in the book as well as here, all their names begin with a
capital letter while, sometimes, their name in the book begins with
lower case letter.
- matlab diaries of class
sessions 03sep, 05sep, 10sep, 12sep, 17sep, 24sep, 26sep,
01oct, 03oct, 08oct, 10oct, 15oct, 29oct, 31oct, 05nov, 12nov,
14nov, 19nov, 21nov, 03dec, dec05.
- Present plans are to have all computing assignments in MATLAB
(rather than Fortran or C).
- Kermit Sigmon's MATLAB Primer, 3rd Edition, is available at
DoIT, for $1.95; look for Handout #2 for CS 525 or under CS
412.
- one student's reaction to the student edition of MATLAB .
- accessing matlab via telnet (as of
8sep)
- accessing matlab via telnet from
a Win95 or Win3.1 machine
- Course Overview
- Course Syllabus tentative, as of
29oct
- Assignments (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7)
- Here is a list of key-words.
- grades (look for the last four
digits of your student id)
- email concerning current
questions.
- CSL will conduct Unix Orientation Sessions for new users at 4p and
6p on T-R , 3-5 Sep, CS 1221, and at 4p on M-R, 9-12 Sep.
Related Links
You might wish to explore the CS Department's Home Page, and the
Computer Systems Lab's Frequently Asked Questions
list. A simple vi tutorial
is available, as well as the more advanced vi reference viva vi!. There is
also a good introduction to unix.