2450 Schedule & Lectures

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NOTE: This page will change frequently. Please check back here often for changes & updates.

Lecture notes and screencasts are available in the table below.  Notes will be posted prior to each lecture.  Screencasts of the lecture will be posted following the lecture.  Other files & supplementary materials will also be posted below.

Please note that screencasts are provided as a courtesy, and are not intended to be a replacement for in-class attendance.

Date	Reading Assignment	Lecture Notes	Screencast	Other Resources
8/22/2016	Moler preface Moler intro sections 1.1, 1.4, 1.6, 1.7	Introduction	Introduction	Matlab Tutorials on my wiki
8/24/2016	Linear algebra review Moler 2.1, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.10	Linear Systems of Equations - direct solvers	Introduction (continued) Direct solvers for linear systems - part 1	Linear systems in Matlab on my wiki
8/29/2016			Direct solvers for linear systems - part 2	circuit.m
8/31/2016	Moler section 2.9	Linear Systems of Equations - iterative solvers	Last thoughts on the Thomas Algorithm & homework 2 Iterative methods for linear systems (part 1)
9/7/2016			Jacobi & Gauss-Seidel algorithms
9/12/2016	Moler 3.1-3.2	Interpolation	Interpolation - part 1
9/14/2016			Examples of interpolation in Matlab; cubic splines	inClassInterpDemo.m
9/19/2016	Moler 5.1-5.2,5,5	Linear least squares regression	2D Interpolation Regression - part 1	Supplemental notes on regression
9/21/2016			Regression - part 2	rateConstant.m
10/5/2016			Regression - part 3
10/17/2016	Moler Chapter 6	Numeric integration	Nonlinear least squares regression Numeric Integration
10/19/2016		Numeric differentiation	Numerical Differentiation
10/24/2016	Moler 4.1	Nonlinear Equations	Second derivatives Nonlinear equations - part 1
10/26/2016			Nonlinear Equations - Newton's method
10/31/2016			Nonlinear equations - part 3 (matlab & Excel tools, Nonlinear Systems)
11/2/2016			Nonlinear Systems - Matlab Examples	example_1.m newton.m
11/7/2016	Moler Chapter 7	Ordinary Differential Equations	Matlab example: finite difference jacobians for Newton's method Intro to ODEs	Newton's method with finite difference Jacobian example: example_sys_fd.m newton_fd_sys.m
11/9/2016			ODEs - part 2. Forward Euler for Initial Value Problems	forward_euler.m lobster_convection.m lobster_radiation.m lobster.m
11/14/2016			Systems of ODEs, backward Euler	projectile_driver.m projectile_rhs.m
11/16/2016			Backward Euler Examples	backward_euler.m Note that the example in class uses newton_fd.m from above, and driver files as well.
11/23/2016			Crank-Nicholson, Matlab's integrators, systems of ODEs	kinetics.m kinetics_driver.m wheel.m
11/28/2016			Boundary value problems
11/30/2016		Partial Differential Equations (an introduction)	Nonlinear boundary value problems PDEs (part 1)
12/5/2016			PDEs (part 2)	Matlab files for examples in the notes