MATH 5553, Spring 2014    Numerical Analysis for Linear Algebra

• Final Exam time and place

  • Time: May. 8 (Thursday), 2014. 10:00-11:50 AM.
  • Place: MSCS 509 (usual class meeting place).
  • More information about final schedule is here.
  • There will be extra office hours on May. 7, 2-4pm.

• Course description:

  Prerequisites: 3013, and 4513 or CS 4513. Advanced machine computing, algorithms, analysis of rounding errors, condition, convergence, and stability applied to direct and iterative solution of linear systems of equations, linear least squares problems, and algebraic eigenvalue problems, including LU and QR factorization, conjugate gradients, QR algorithm, and Lanczos method.

  (syllabus)

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• Instructor: Yanqiu Wang

  • Office:  441 MATH   (405-744-5698)
  • Office Hour:   MWF 1:30-2:30pm or by appointment.
  • Email:  yqwang  (AT)   math.okstate.edu

• Textbook:

  • Numerical Linear Algebra, L.N. Trefethen and D. Bau, SIAM, 1997.
  • Supplementary reading:
    • Matrix Computation, G.H. Golub and C.F. Van Loan.
    • Iterative Methods for Solving Linear Systems, A. Greenbaum.
    • Iterative Methods for Sparse Linear Systems (1st ed.), Y. Saad, electronic version available free here
    • Numerical Computing with Matlab, C. Moler, electronic version available free here

• Classroom and time:

  Sec	Classroom	Time
  001	TTh 10:30-11:45am	MSCS 509

• Grading Policy:

  • 5 homework, 20 points each (100pts);
  • One mid-term Exam (100pts);
  • Final Exam (150pts): comprehensive;
  • The Total is 350 pts: A (>=90%), B (>=80%), C (>=70%), D (>=60%).

• Make-up Policy:

  • Make-ups for exams will only be allowed for an authorized absence under University Regulations. Normally a written note is required. Student should contact the instructor to schedule a make-up by the end of the next working day after the missed exam.
  • There is NO make-up for homework assignments. You sacrifice 5 points per day for each late homework assignment.

Homework

• Homework 1, due 2/4/2014.
• Homework 2, due 2/20/2014.
• Homework 3, due 3/25/2014.
• Homework 4, due 4/3/2014.
• Homework 5, due 4/24/2014.

Exams

• Midterm exam, March 4, 2014.

Demos

• 0.1 in double precision.

Links

• You need Adobe Reader to open some of the above links.
• If you do not have access to Matlab, try Octave