MAD 6406 Numerical Linear Algebra (F20)

Time and Location

M W F Period 8 (3:00-3:50pm), *will be held online*

Syllabus <- (that’s a link, click on it!)

Homework: Posted on  Canvas.

Assignments should be turned in by Canvas, by 4pm the day they are due.  Typed assignments may be turned in until 4am the following morning (12 hours after the standard deadline).

Either full or partial solutions will be posted.

Useful Links:

ENLA: Numerical Linear Algebra online seminar series

Seminar home page and schedule. Wednesdays at 10am.
All talks are recorded and past talks can be found on the youtube page

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.

Libraries of Test Matrices