AMSC/CMSC 460, Section 0101, Fall 2012 (Harland Glaz)
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BASIC INFO:
AMSC 460-0101
Course Title: Applications of Linear Algebra
Instructor: Prof. Harland Glaz
Instructor Info: MTH 4405 ; 301.405.5470
Instructor Email: hmg AT math DOT umd DOT edu
Classroom: MTH B0421
Time: TuTh 12:30 - 1:45
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:The official Math Dept. course
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AMSC 460 SYLLABUSPrerequisites: Math 240 and Math 241; CMSC 105 or CMSC
106 or CMSC 114 or ENEE 114.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: We cover numerical methods for solving
Floating Point arithmetic
Nonlinear equations and nonlinear systems
Linear systems (square) and Least Squares
Interpolation
Quadrature
Numerical Differentiation
ODE's (scalar and systems)
Other topics, time permitting
GRADES:
Midterm Exams - 35%
Homework + Quizzes - 35%
Final Exam - 30%
TEXTBOOKS:
We will use TWO texts --
Textbook (required):
Numerical Methods:
Design, Analysis, and Computer Implementation of Algorithms,
Anne Greenbaum and Timothy P. Chartier, Princeton University Press,
2012, ISBN: 978-0691151229.
Textbook Web Site Textbook (required):
Numerical Computing with MATLAB, Cleve Moler,
Textbook Web Site
where you can download the entire text AND the m-files;
SIAM link to order hardcopy (recommended), REFERENCES:
An Introduction to Numerical Analysis, Endre Suli and David F.
Mayers, Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN 978-0521007948.
Numerical Mathematics and Computing, Ward Cheney and David Kincaid,
Thomson Brooks-Cole, 2008, ISBN 978-0-495-11475-8.
Site
Numerical Methods and Software, David Kahaner, Cleve Moler and
Stephen Nash, Prentice Hall, 1988, ISBN 978-0136272588.
Homework:
TBA - general instructions/comments will be inserted here.
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TESTBANK (the Math Department's online archive of past exams)
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