Based on two exams (one midterm and one comprehensive final) and Homework assignements. Each exam accounts for 25% of the grade. Homework assignments account for the remaining 50%.

• Chapter 1: Review
• Chapter 2: Number Representation and Errors
• Chapter 3: Locating Roots of Equations
• Chapter 6: Systems of Linear Equations
• Chapter 7: Splines
• Chapter 10: Smoothing of Data and the Method of Least Squares
• Chapter 14: Minimization of Multivariate Functions

• Lab 1 How to logon/logoff Workstations, entering and exiting matlab, vector calculations, summing, basic plots.
• Lab 2 M-files in matlab, Bisection method, editting with "emacs".
• Lab 3 Printing files and graphs, help in matlab and first project
• Lab 4 Elementary Matrix operations and functions.
• Lab 5 Iterative Techniques.

• HW#1 (Due Sept. 16, 1999) (1.2) 2,8,10,11,17,35,47,53 (solutions page 1 , page 2 , page 3 , page 4
• HW#2 (Due Oct. 5, 1999) (1.2) 54, (2.1) 1c,4b (2.2) 4c, (2.3) 6 (rationalize then product of Taylor series), 7, 10, 14, 17 (large x)
• HW#3 (Due Oct 21, 1999) Handout - postscript file of handout

Outline is a POSTSCRIPT file with topics which may be covered. It is likely that not all of the subjects will be covered. The list also includes topics in M442.