Math 166
Introduction to Numerical Analysis

Fall 2004

Text: R. L. Burden and J. D. Faires. Numerical Analysis 7th Edition (Brooks/Cole, 2001).

Instructor: Hayder Salman
Office: 304 Phillips Hall
Phone: (919) 962-9818
Office Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 2-3 p.m. in Room 304, Phillips Hall
Email: hsalman@email.unc.edu


Class Times: Tuesday and Thursday: 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. in Room 381, Phillips Hall.

Prerequisite: Math 83 and some experience with computer programming (particularly Matlab).

Course Outline: (Tentative)

  • Mathematical Preliminaries
  • Solutions of Equations
  • Interpolation and Polynomial Approximation
  • Numerical Differentiation and Integration
  • Initial-Value Problem for Oridinary Differential Equations
  • Methods for Solving Linear Systems
  • Boundary-Value Problems for Ordinary Differential Equations

Homework Problems, Due Dates, and Policy

A MATLAB Tutorial

Grading:
  • Homework: 30%
  • Project: 10%
  • 2 Tests: 30%
  • Final exam: 30%

Last updated August 24, 2004.
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