CS-314 - Numerical Methods

http://www.cs.purdue.edu/cs314

Text:

• Elementary Numerical Computing with MATHEMATICA, by Skeel.

Grading:

• Homework: 30%; Midterm: 30%; Final: 40%.
• No working together on homework.
• No late homework.
• No books or notes in exams.

Syllabus:

1. Introduction (chapter 1)
2. Floating point computation (chapter 2)
3. Calculus review (Appendix B)
4. Root finding (chapter 3)
5. Linear equations (chapter 4)
6. Least squares (chapter 6)
7. Interpolation (chapter 5)
8. Differentiation and integration (chapter 7)
9. Ordinary differential equations (chapter 8)