ETGR 3272

ETGR 3272

Nan A. Byars                                  Tentative Syllabus*                                        Fall 2001

 Date                            Topic                                             Prereading                           Homework 

Aug 20                         Introduction, mathematical models     PT1.1-1.1                                1.1, 1.4

Aug 22                         Error analysis                                     3.1-3.4                                   3.7, 3.8a

Aug 27                         Error analysis                                     4.1-Epilogue                            4.3, 4.4

Aug 29                         Introduction to TOOLKIT & spreadsheets     2.4                               Handout

Sept 3                           No class.                                                                          

Sept 5                           More spreadsheets                                                                     Handout          

Sept 10                         Bisection method/QUIZ                         PT2.1-5.2                       5.1, 5.2            

Sept 12                         False-position method                             5.3-5.4                          5.6, 5.10

Sept 17                         Newton-Raphson method                         6.1-6.2                          6.3, 6.4

Sept 19                         Secant method                                     6.3-6.4                          6.5, 6.6

Sept 24                         Applications                                         8.1-8.4                          8.26, 8.35

Sept 26                         Review                                                 PT2.4-2.6

Oct 1                    EXAM 1                                                         

Oct 3                            Linear algebra review                          PT3.1-3.3                    9.1, 9.2c,d  

Oct 8                            Gauss method                                     9.1-9.4                          9.8, 9.9

Oct 10                          Gauss-Jordan method                           9.5-9.8                          9.10, 9.11     

Oct 15                          Gauss-Siedel method                            10.2,11.1-11.3               11.7                 

Oct 17                          Applications                                         12.1-12.4                     12.18, 12.28

Oct 22                          Linear regression                                 17.1                              17.4, 17.5

Oct 24                          Work on spreadsheets

Oct 29                          Polynomial regression                            17.2-17.5                    17.13

Oct 31                          Newton?s method of interpolation            18.1                           18.5     

Nov 5                           Lagrange method of interpolation            18.2-18.5                  18.7                 

Nov 7                           Applications                                         20.1-20.4                  20.43, 20.47

Nov 12                         Review                                                                                    

Nov 14                 EXAM 2                                                                                 

Nov 19                         Trapezoidal rule of integration                     21.1                        21.2, 21.3

Nov 21                         No class.                                      

Nov 26                         Simpson?s rule of integration                     21.2-21.4                  21.4, 21.5     

Nov 28                         Numerical differentiation/QUIZ                  23.1-23.4                23.3, 23.9     

Dec 3                           Applications                                         24.1-24.4                     24.36, 45

Dec 5                           Review                                                 PT6.4-6.6

* Changes are likely. You are responsible for any changes announced in class.