M465: Numerical Analysis
Boise State University, Spring 1999
Instructor:
Stephen Brill
Office:
MG 214-B
Phone:
(208) 426-3122
Fax:
(208) 426-1356
E-mail:
brill@math-cs.idbsu.edu
Class meetings:
12:40 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
in room MG 124.
Textbook:
Numerical Analysis, 6th edition,
by Burden and Faires (selected sections of Chapters 1-7)
Approximate Timeline:
Chapter 1: 19 January to 22 January
Chapter 2: 25 January to 12 February
Chapter 3: 16 February to 2 March
Chapter 4: 3 March to 16 March
Chapter 5: 17 March to 7 April
Chapter 6: 9 April to 26 April
Chapter 7: 27 April to 7 May
Office hours:
Tuesday, Wedneday, Thursday and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Other times by appointment.
Grading policy:
Your grade will be determined by your performance in four areas:
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Homework (25%) --
Homework will be assigned on a semi-regular basis
(about one assignment each week or two).
Homework will include both computational
and theoretical problems, as well as some computer programming.
Although collaborative work on homework
is encouraged, each student must
hand in his/her own homework paper.
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Project (20%) --
The project is an opportunity for students to work on an in-depth
problem related to numerical analysis.
Each student, with
the permission and/or advice
of the instructor, may design his/her own project,
or may choose to have a project topic assigned by the instructor. The
presentation of the project may be in oral or written form (or, perhaps, in a
combination of the two). It is the responsibility of each student
to meet with the instructor
(preferably not too far into the semester)
to determine an appropriate project and format.
All projects must be presented before Friday, 7 May 1999, at 12:40 p.m.
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Midterm exam (25%) -- Will be take-home in nature and due at 12:40 p.m.,
Friday 12 March 1999.
Collaborative work on the midterm exam is not permitted.
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Final exam (30%) -- Will be take-home in nature and due at 3:00 p.m.,
Thursday 13 May 1999.
Collaborative work on the final exam is not permitted.
Your grade will be computed via the following algorithm. Let x be
the number of points accumulated throughout the semester (between 0 and
100):
A: x > 90
B: 80 < x < 90
C: 70 < x < 80
D: 65 < x < 70
F: x < 65
This page was most recently updated on 27 April 1999.
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