Instructor: George Cain
Office hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., and any other time I am in my office.
Meeting Places & Times:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:20 - 10:30 a.m.
Room 202, Skiles Classroom Building.
Important notice: Please read this important notice.
Textbook: An Introduction to Numerical Analysis(Second Edition), by Kendall Atchison (JohnWiley & Sons, 1989) ISBN 0-471-62489-6
Quizzes: There will be two thirty minute quizzes. These will be
Wednesday, July 14, and Friday, July 30.
The final examination is scheduled by the Office of the Registrar.
You will be allowed to use any books, notes, tables, or calculators you wish on the quizzes and the final examination.
Course outline: You can see a very tentative course outline.
Homework: There will be almost daily homework assignments. These are not to be handed in, but it is important that you have a go at them, as they will frequently provide the basis for class discussions. Feel free to work together on these assignments. You'll find them here.
There will be several homework assignments for you to hand in--about one each week. These will require some sort of computer. I do not care what computer or what programming language, etc. you use in doing these assignments. I ask that you not work together on these. Here are the assignments for you to hand in:
| Assignment #1 - June 25 | |
| Assignment #2 - July 7 | solution |
| Assignment #3 - July 14 | solution |
| Assignment #4 - July 19 | solution |
| Assignment #5 - July 28 | solution |
| Assignment #6 - August 4 | solution |
Grades: Your course grade will be determined from the following information:
| Quizzes, 2 @200 | 400 |
| Homework | 800 |
| Final Examination | 400 |
| total | 1600 |
Class roll: Please take a look at the official class roll and make sure you are there.
Degree candidates: The Office of the Registrar has provided me with a list of degree candidates. Take a look.
Notes: Here for your reading pleasure are some fine
notes about Gauss elimination.
Here are fragmentary notes from class. They probably won't make much
sense if you were not in class.
| Monday, July 19 |
| Wednesday, July 23 |
| Friday, July 23 |
| Monday, July 26* |
*This is also available as a "live" Maple worksheet.
Final Examination: The Office of the Registrar has published the examination schedule for this term. The final examination for Math 4640A is scheduled for
Room 202, Skiles Classroom Building
You can see the solutions for the final examination, if you wish.
Final course grades: Take a look at your grades for the course. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to come see me.
9 August 1999