AMSC/CMSC 466 - Introduction to Numerical Analysis I

Lectures: MWF 10:00am-10:50am ( MATH 0403 )
Instructor: Georg Dolzmann ( dolzmann@math.umd.edu)
Office: MATH4101, Phone: 405-5066
Office hours: MW 11-12, Th 2-3, or by appointment
Grader: Azaraksh Malekian ( malekian@cs.umd.edu )
Office: 1112 AVW
Office hours: M 12-2 or by appointment
Class web page: www.math.umd.edu/~dolzmann/Amsc466/amsc466.html
Text: Introduction to Numerical Analysis, 2nd ed., by Kendall E. Atkinson, John Wiley&Sons, 1988
Tentative Schedule: Floating point computation (2 weeks)
Solution of nonlinear equations (3 weeks)
Direct methods for linear systems (4 weeks)
Interpolation (2 weeks)
Numerical differentiation and integration (3 weeks)
Prerequisites: MATH 240; and MATH 241; and CMSC 106 or CMSC 114 or ENEE 114. Also offered as CMSC 466. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: AMSC/CMSC/MAPL 460 or AMSC/CMSC/MAPL 466. Formerly MAPL 466.
Homework: Homework will be assigned on Fridays and is due the following Friday in class. No late homework will be accepted. The homework sets will contain problems involving short MATLAB codes.

Please see the MATLAB tutoring schedule for available tutors. The Office of Information Technology sponsors peer training classes in MATLAB. You can find their schedule on the web.
Midterm and Final Exam: There will be one midterm and one final examination at the end of the term. Absolutely no make-up exams will be given. If you have to miss the midterm and you have a written excuse according to the University Policies, then you will be given 75% extra credit on the final.

The MathNet Test Bank contains a lot of exams from previous terms that are excellent material to practice for upcoming examinations.
Test dates (tentatively): Midterm: Friday, October 31
Final examination: Saturday, December 20, 8-10 AM (room to be announced)
Grading: Homework: 30%
Midterm: 30%
Final exam: 40%