MAD 6406 Numerical Linear Algebra (F19)

Time and Location

M W F Period 8 (3:00-3:50pm), Little Hall Room 217


Syllabus


Homework: Posted on  Canvas.

Assignments should be turned in either in class or to my office by the end of the day they are due.  Typed assignments may be emailed, also by the end of the day they are due.  In general I will not accept cell-phone pictures of hand-written work by email.

Either full or partial solutions will be posted.


Important Dates:

  • midterm: Wednesday 10/02/2019 in class
  • final exam: Wednesday 12/04/2019 in class

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Useful Links:


Useful References:

Linear Algebra:

  • Linear Algebra and its Applications. G. Strang

Numerical Linear Algebra:

    • Matrix Computations. G. Golub and C. Van Loan.
    • Accuracy and Stability of Numerical Algorithms. N. Higham.
    • Matrix Analysis. R. Horn and C. Johnson.

Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computation:

  • Numerical Mathematics. A. Quarteroni, R. Sacco and F. Saleri.
  • Numerical Analysis. D. Kincaid and W. Cheney.

Getting started with Matlab:

  • Official “Getting started with Matlab” guide (by Mathworks)
  • A quick tutorial on Matlab, by Gowtham Bellala, U. Mich.
  • Or, just do a search on “matlab tutorial,” and you will find many options.
  • This is not a programming class, but I expect you to understand and use basic control structures such as for, while and if statements, to assign and access variables within arrays, and to define and call functions.  Sample code will be provided.