ECS 130 : Scientific Computation

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Announcements

  • 4/6/05: meet at 1116 Academic surge. Set up accounts. Check out notes on using the lab.
    Homework #1 is out, due at 4pm on next Thursday 4/14/05.
  • 4/8/05: Office hours: MW 1:30-3:30pm at 3104 Kemper Hall.
  • 4/13/05: Discussion meets at 166 Chemistry (regular lecture room).
  • 4/20/05: Discussion meets at 166 Chemistry.
    Office Hours changed: MW 2-3:30pm 3104 Kemper Hall.
  • 4/21/05: Homework #3 out. Homework #1 passed back, with solution printout.
  • 4/26/05: Midterm date is set on May 10. Exam covers chapters 2-4.
  • 4/28/05: Homework #2 back with solution handout. Homework #4 out.
  • 5/5/05: Homework #3 back with solution handout. Review outline out.
  • 5/6/05: Homework #4 solution out in front of Dr. Bai's office.
    Leftover graded homework #1, #2 and #3 with solution will also be available there.
  • 5/12/05: Homework #5 out. Due next Thursday.
  • 5/24/05: Homework #6 out. Due next Tuesday.
    Today's example scripts: quadeg1.m , quadeg2.m
  • 5/26/05: Homework #5 back with solution handout.
    Demo shown in lecture: quadDemo.m
  • 5/31/05: Homework #6 now due on this Thursday. Midterm will be handed back tomorrow in discussion.
  • 6/3/05: Homework #7 (Last one!) out and due on next Thursday.
  • 6/8/05: Final Office hours: 2pm - 3:30pm on Monday (6/13/05) at 3104 Kemper Hall.

Discussion

  • 4/6/05: Meet at 1116 Academic Surge.
    Set up lab accounts. Floating-point arithmetic (brief outline). M-file(s): roundoff1.m, roundoff2.m.
  • 4/13/05: Meet at 166 Chemistry.
    Linear equation (brief outline). M-file(s): ludemo.m.
  • 4/20/05: Meet at 166 Chemistry.
    Brief review for linear Equation and Linear Algebra. Homework clarification
  • 4/27/05: Meet at 166 Chemistry.
    Explained codes for four interpolation methods. Showed example on interpolating f=sin(x): interpdemo.m
  • 5/4/05: Roots and Zeros.
  • 5/11/05: Google's PageRank(TM) Technology.
  • 5/18/05: Least square.
  • 5/25/05: Quadrature.
  • 6/1/05: Midterm solutions.
  • 6/8/05: Eigenvalues and Singular Values Decomposition

Homework Assignments

Note: 1) All exercise numbers refer to the textbook " Numerical Computing with MATLAB " of Cleve Moler.
2) Only the problems in bold are required to turn in.
3) Please be sure that your name and student ID appear on your homework.
4) Homework box is located in room 2131, Kemper Hall.
5) No late homework will be accepted !
  • Homework 1: Exercises 1.1, 1.6, 1.8,1.17,1.19, 2.5, 2.7, 2.10.
    Due: 4 pm, Thursday, April 14.
  • Homework 2: Exercises 2.9, 2.11, 2.12, 2.14, 2.15, 3.3
    Due: 4 pm, Thursday, April 21.
  • Homework 3: Exercises 3.3, 3.4, 3.7, 3.10, 3.11, 3.16, 3.17
    Due: 4pm, Thursday, April 28.
  • Homework #4: Exercise 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.7 4.14
    Due: 4pm, Thursday, May 5
  • Homework #5: Exercise 5.2, 5.5, 5.8, 5.11, 5.12
    Due: 4pm, Thursday, May 19
  • Homework #6: Exercise 6.1, 6.3, 6.9, 6.13, 6.21 (modify splinetx only)
    Due: 4pm, Thursday, June 2
  • Homework #7 (Last one!): All problems in hw7Exercises.pdf are required to turn in.
    Due: 4pm, Thursday, June 9 (Dead day)

Last updated: 6/8/05 jenwang@ucdavis.edu