Introduction to Programming for Numerical Analysis

Math 9, Spring 2016

Lectures: MWF 12:00-12:50pm, SBSG 241
Discussion Section: TuTh 12:00-12:50pm, (Tuesdays in MSTB 124, Thursdays in SBSG 241)
Instructor: Christopher Davis, daviscj@uci.edu, Rowland Hall 440J
Office hours: W 2:00-4:00pm in SBSG 240, and by appointment.

Teaching assistant: Eric Puttock, eputtock@uci.edu, Rowland Hall 480
Office hours: Tuesdays, 4pm-6pm in MSTB 226 (or, MSTB 210 depending on room availability). And by appointment.

Class resources:

Course information Download Course information
Videos of computer demonstrations from class will be posted here: Video files
Link to an electronic copy of Matlab Guide by Higham and Higham. Click on "SIAM. Restricted to UC Campuses."

Updates:

Some sample questions Download sample questions
for the final exam
Mathematica topics Download Mathematica topics
and Matlab topics Download Matlab topics
Lecture 27 worksheet Download Lecture 27 worksheet
Lecture 24 Mathematica notebook Download Lecture 24 Mathematica notebook
Homework 6 warm-up worksheet Download Homework 6 warm-up worksheet
Lecture 16 worksheet Download Lecture 16 worksheet
Lecture 14 worksheet Download Lecture 14 worksheet
Card matching activity Download Card matching activity (This picture accidentally has a repeated card... Switch the order of i = i+1 and z(i) = i in the repeated card to get the missing card.)
Some sample midterm questions Download sample midterm questions
This is a mix of questions from last quarter's midterm and a few extra questions. I won't post full solutions, but I've opened a "Discussion" in the Discussions section where you can tell me which questions from the sample midterm or from the worksheets you would like to see solutions for. Here is a list of Topics Download Topics
that might appear on our midterm.
Lecture 8 worksheet Download Lecture 8 worksheet
Lecture 6 worksheet Download Lecture 6 worksheet
Lecture 4 worksheet Download Lecture 4 worksheet
(You can ignore the colors in the last figure. Please bring this worksheet to class on Wednesday, 4/6.)
4/1/16: The first homework has been posted. It is due Thursday, April 7th, by 11:00pm. The first quiz will be April 5th in discussion section. The first quiz will cover the material from Week 1.
Lecture 2 worksheet Download Lecture 2 worksheet
Matlab topics introduced through Lecture 2 Download Matlab topics introduced through Lecture 2

Software:

The computer labs MSTB 210, MSTB 226, SBSG 240, and SBSG 241 have Matlab, Mathematica, and Excel installed. For specific information about these labs, especially their schedules, see this link. Alternatively, this software can all be freely downloaded by UCI students:
Matlab for UCI students Links to an external site.
Mathematica for UCI students The old link seems to be broken... go to the UCI OIT software licensing page and click on Mathematica (student version)
Microsoft Office for UCI students