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Uri Ascher and Chen Greif, A First Course in Numerical Methods , SIAM, 2011.
This is an introductory textbook on numerical methods.
There is a copy of this book in the reading room, on the reserved course material shelf. Check also
errata
and
supplementary material including matlab programs

Lecture ``slides''

• 1. Numerical algorithms
• 2. Roundoff errors
• 10. Polynomial interpolation
• 11. Piecewise polynomial interpolation
• 12. Best approximation
• 13. Fourier transform
• 14. Numerical differentiation
• 15. Numerical integration
• 16. Differential equations
• Recap

Assignments

• Assignment 1: due Monday, September 23.
• Assignment 1: solution.
• Assignment 2: due Wednesday, October 9.
• Assignment 2: solution.
• Assignment 3: due Monday October 28.
• Assignment 3: solution.
• Assignment 4: due Friday, November 8.
• Assignment 4: solution.
• Assignment 5: due date extended to Monday, November 25.
• Assignment 5: solution.

Assignments are due in class on the day specified on the assignment.
If submitted in the following class then 20% will be shaved off the mark.
No assignments will be accepted later than that.

When submitting an assignment, please ensure that

• everything is in the hardcopy, including plots and programs, and
• your programs are also submitted in one zipped file per assignment to the e-mail address cs303@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca .

Please observe also the following:

• Do not print out numbers with very long fractions unless specifically asked to do so. For accuracy checking, print errors, not solution and approximate solution values. To display data or solution tendencies etc. use plots, not long lists of numbers.
• The Matlab commad diary may come in handy when preparing an assignment: type help diary .
• When submitting programs, use separate files for separate Matlab functions, then zip them into one file and name it with your name. Do not submit a file named assn1.zip. In the zipped file include also a README file with your name and student number.

Midterm

• Wednesday, October 16, 2013

  One one-sided sheet of notes is allowed.

  Here's a practice midterm

• Midterm solution.

Final

• Wednesday, December 11, 8:30-11:00

  Here's a practice exam

  There will be a TA office hour Tuesday, December 10, 10:00-11:00.

Web resources:

• You can access various on-line guides to MATLAB: see for instance Ian Mitchell's and Kevin Murphy's helpers.