2017 Fall Course Syllabus - Mathematics 8013.001
Course: Mathematics 8013.001.
Course Title: Numerical Linear Algebra I.
Time: MW 12:30-1:50.
Place: Wachman Hall 407.
Instructor: Daniel B. Szyld.
Instructor Office: Wachman Hall 506.
Instructor Email: daniel.szyld@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 215.204.7288.
Course Web Page: http://math.temple.edu/szyld/8013.html
Office Hours: MW 10:30-11:30 and by appointment.
Prerequisites: working knowledge of a computer language such as MATLAB, undergraduate linear algebra (matrix analysis, subspaces, etc.), desire to understand the ideas behind today's scientific software, and to know when one can believe the computer results obtained and when to question them.
Textbook: Numerical Linear Algebra, by L.N. Trefethen and D. Bau, III Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1997.
Course Goals: Understanding of the basic algorithms for the solution of linear systems and eigenvalue problems.
Topics Covered: Matrix factorizations and their applications. Conditioning and stability issues. Basic methods for eigenvalue problems, and for linear systems.
Course Grading: Sixty percent: Homeworks, projects, and class participation. Fifteen percent: Midterm exam. Twenty five percent: Final exam.
Exam Dates: Midterm, Wednesday October 11. Final Exam, Monday December 18.
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