Grading: The course % for M441 is
 determined by:

   Midterm       M            100 
   Final         F            100
   Homework      HW           200
  _______________________________
                              400 
 
         % = (M+F+HW)/4

 The final is not comprehensive
 and both the final and midterm
 are take home exams.

 Homework and exam due dates will
 be announced in class and posted
 here at a later date. Exam content
 will be announced in class.

 Midterm and Final due dates and
 details will be announced in
 class.

 Syllabus: Material for M441 will be selected from:
 
 Chapter 1 Introduction and Taylor Series Review
 Chapter 2 Computer Arithmetic
 Chapter 3 Roots of Nonlinear Equations
 Chapter 7 Solution Methods for Linear Systems
 Chapter 8 Factorization and Iterative Techniques
 Chapter 12 Data Smoothing and Least Squares
 Chapter 16 Minimization of Functions

 Material from these textbook sections will be
 covered in much greater detail in class. Notes
 will be posted below. PDF of Syllabi

 Homework: Assigned homework and some of their 
 solutions will be posted below as the 
 course develops.

 Homework scores will vary depending
 on their length and difficulty.
 The raw scores will be summed, 
 and converted into a % to yield
 the 200 points in the final grade.

 Computing: You will be given a computer 
 account so you may use "matlab" to explore
 and implement some of the methods described
 in class. There might be computer based HW
 but I have not yet decided.