Math 370 Numerical Analysis Spring 2009

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04.27.09
The Individual Evaluation form is now available (HTML or DOC). Each member of the group needs to turn one of these in. Additionally, there should be one GROUP EVALUATION submitted per group.
04.22.09
Class is cancelled on Friday April 24th. (Buckmire in Sacramento)
Exam #2 is graded and the Exam 2 Report is complete. ECO #9 is available here.
04.20.09
HW Set #4 will be due on Mon 04.27.09.
ECO #8 (Second midterm assessment) will be due with HW Set #4 (anonymously).
04.16.09
Solutions to HW Set #3 are also available.
04.15.09
Test #2 is on Friday. You may bring in one 8.5"x11" sheet of paper with formulas on it.
HW Set #4 is due on Wednesday April 22nd. Solutions to HW Set #2 are now available online.
04.14.09
The eight project groups are now all set! Good luck!
04.08.09
Email me the names of the members of your project Group by Monday April 13 5pm. Groups consist of two or three people. Only one group write-up per group, but the fraction of work done and grade to be assigned will be evaluated by each group member.
Solutions to the Practice Exams (Test 2 Fall 2000 and Test 2 Fall 2004) are now available.
HW Set #4 has been released.
Another ECO (#7) is available! On Tuesday April 21st, the students from my Math 201 class will be organizing a Math Mania Martes day at Luther Burbank Middle School at York and Figueroa Blvds. If you volunteer for one two-hour shift to help out, you can get ONE ECO credit. Shifts are from 7am-9:05am, 9:15am to 11:15am and 11:45am to 1:15pm. There's very little Math skills needed but you get to assist with preparing 5th through 8th graders with seeing that Math can be fun at a day-long math festival! All you need to do is show up and help for 90 minutes. Bring a friend! Email me to sign up for a shift.
04.06.09
The Term Project is now available online.
04.03.09
REMINDER: Exam #2 is Friday April 17th. The Practice Exams (Exam 2 from 2004 and Exam 2 from 2000) will be distributed today.
Class is cancelled on Friday April 10.
03.29.09
HW Set #2 is due in one week! Start it early!
03.25.09
Solution to Quiz 5 is available online. Math Senior Comps talks are in Fowler 302 from 7-9:30pm on Thursday March 26th. This is part of an ongoing ECO.
03.23.09
We're beginning the next section of the course, Interpolation. (Chapter 4 of Mathews & Fink).
03.20.09
There's a new QUIZ (#5) and Homework Set (#3) available.
There's an ECO available today: A talk by Richard Schwartz of Brown University on "Playing Billiards o Triangular Shaped Tables." The write-up is due by Friday March 27th at 11:30.
03.18.09
Added a link to a cool visualization of how iterative schemes work in the Resources section.
03.15.09
Hope everyone had a good break! ECO #3 (Exam #1 Re-Write) is due at 5pm on Monday. March 16th.
03.04.09
ECO #4: Brian Fischer is giving a talk at 12:30pm in Fowler 309 on Friday March 6th. A 1-page write-up on the talk of your impressions and anything you learned is due by Friday March 20th.
Exam #1 is now available as  Extra Credit Opportunity #3. It is due at 5pm o Mon Mar 16. The full list of Extra Credit Opportunities is available from the Resources section of the website.
ECO #2 is due at 5pm on Friday March 6th. You need to fill out the Mid-Term Assessment completely and turn it in a way such that you get credit for turning it in, but I do not know your identity.
03.01.09
Exam #1 is graded.
02.25.09
REMINDER: HW Set #2 is due on Friday March 6th. Feel free to turn it in early if you are leaving for Spring Break!
HW Set #1 has been graded and is now available outside my door (Fowler 313).
All Quiz and BONUS Quiz solutions are available from the Quiz section.
02.19.09
REMINDER: Exam #1 will be held on Friday February 27th, in class. See the Exams section for more information.
02.18.09
Quiz #3 and BONUS Quiz 2 are due in class today.
02.13.09
Quiz #3 will be distributed in class. BONUS Quiz 2 is available.
02.11.09
We'll be using Matlab to run Picard Iteration in class.
Quiz #2 will be returned.
02.09.09
Quiz #2 is due in class today.
02.04.09
We'll be doing a lot of work with Matlab today. Bring your calculators.
HW Set #1 is due at 5pm.
02.02.09
Buckmire back in town. BONUS quiz due today.
I recommend that you use the diary command to keep track of Matlab commands that you issue during a Matlab session when doing HW.
01.28.09
Buckmire will be out of town (attending Creating Change in Denver, CO) . Usually that means there will be a bonus quiz available online. Check the website regularly!
There is a BONUS Quiz that has been uploaded to the website. It's due in class on Monday February 2.
01.26.09
HW #1 will be available today online, but not distributed until Wednesday. It will be due at 5pm on Wed 02.04.09.
01.23.09
Quiz #1 will be distributed in class.

HW #0 (due 12:30pm Mon 01.26.09)

Email ron"at"oxy.edu:
1) Preferred name
2) Preferred email address
3) cell #
4) AIM or YIM screen name
5) Include 1-2 paragraphs discussing how you biography (i.e. life story) intersects with computing devices. When did you first use a computer? What was your first calculator? How do you view computing devices? These are just some questions to prompt your thinking.
 

01.22.09
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