Mathematics 311

Numerical Analysis I

Instructor

Lab Assistants

Dr. Steven McKay

Office: 310 TMCB
Hours: MWF 2:00 - 2:50 p.m.
Phone: 378-2117
Fax: 378-3703
Email: mckay@math.byu.edu
Syllabus
Homework Schedule
Jonathan Bodrero
Hours:
M, T, W, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Th 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Th 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. (subject to change)
Mail homework to math311 grader
Moroni T. Morales (for System Problems)
Pager: 8-5200 pin 845

Lab: 112KMB, phone. 378-2459

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These are many of the algorithms that can help you solve the problems:

Bisection and Fixed Point Method
Newton-Raphson Method
Error Analysis and Accelerating Convergence
Lagrange Polynomials
Divided Differences
Hermite Polynomials
Spline Interpolation
Parametric Curves
Basic Quadrature Rules
Composite Quadrature Rules
Gaussian Quadrature
Romberg Integration
Improper Integrals
Numerical Differentiation
Discrite Least Square Approximation
Orthogonal Expansions(*class notes)
Chebyshev Polynomials
Rational Function Approximation
Trigonometric Polynomial Approximation
Fast Fourier Transform
Sturm-Liouville Problem(*class notes)
Gaussian Elimination
Pivoting Strategies
Linear Algebra and Matrix Inversion
LU Factorization
LU Factorization of Special Matrices
Vector Sequence Covergence
Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
Jacobi and Gauss-Seidel Methods
The SOR Method
Stability of Matrix Techniques
Newton's Method for Systems
Quasi-Newton Methods
The Steepest Descent Method