• February 8: (Section 2.4) Error analysis for iterative methods
• February 6: (Section 2.3) Newton's method and secant method
• February 3: SNOW DAY
• February 1: (Section 2.2) Fixed-point methods
• January 30: (Section 2.1) The bisection method
• January 27: (Section 1.3) Algorithms and convergence
• January 25: Introduction to mathematical software
• January 23: (Section 1.2) Roundoff error
• January 20: More introduction, and (Section 1.1) calculus review
• January 18: Class introduction

Homework:

• Homework 1 solutions (Sections 1.1 and 1.2)
• Homework 2 solutions (Sections 1.3 and 2.1)
• (due Friday, February 10) Section 2.2: #8, 16. Section 2.3: #2, 3, 18, 19. Section 2.4: #8, 13. The problems written out.

Course syllabus

Course schedule

Contact:

• Stephen Preston, Stephen.Preston@colorado.edu.
• Office hours (tentative): MW 11-12 in Math 302, or by appointment.