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Problem Solving with Matlab (10.317)
Detailed Course Syllabus
This page represents a working course syllabus that lists the
subjects to be treated and the associated reading assignment from
your course textbooks for each lesson. Generally, it represents
a rough road map for the entire course, and it follows your textbooks
fairly closely (for the general subject areas, at least). This
syllabus is tentative and it will be modified as required to meet
the needs of this particular class -- but I hope to go as far
as possible through the topics listed, with at least an introduction
to some of the material in Lesson 8. Note that there is usually
one homework set for each lesson. The specific problems for each
assignment are given in a class handout (and on the web), and
the due dates for the assignments will be announced in class.
Note about Exams and Quizzes:
The two semester exams will occur somewhere around weeks 5-6 and
weeks 11-12 of the semester. A specific date for these in-class
exams will be announced a minimum of one week before the exam.
The comprehensive final exam (3 hours) will occur during Finals
Week as formally scheduled by the Registrar. There will be no
makeup exams. The several quizzes given during the semester will
be unannounced -- with no opportunity for makeup since the solutions
will be discussed in class -- so regular attendance is expected!
| Matlab
Fundamentals |
| Lesson
# |
Topic |
Chapters
from Gilat |
Chapters
from Chapra |
| 1 |
Getting
Started with Matlab |
1-2 and 4-5 |
2 |
| 2 |
Array
and Matrix Operations in Matlab |
2 and 3 |
2 and 7 |
| 3 |
Programming
in Matlab |
6-7
and 9 |
3 |
| Introduction
to Numerical Error and Related Topics |
| Lesson
# |
Topic |
Chapters
from Gilat |
Chapters
from Chapra |
| 4 |
Numerical
Errors |
--- |
1 and 4 |
| Root
Finding, Linear Algebra, and Solution of Linear/Nonlinear
Equations |
| Lesson
# |
Topic |
Chapters
from Gilat |
Chapters
from Chapra |
| 5 |
Root
Finding and Polynomial Operations |
8 and 10 |
5-6 |
| 6 |
Systems
of Equations |
3 |
7-11 |
| Basic
Statistics and Curve Fitting Techniques |
| Lesson
# |
Topic |
Chapters
from Gilat |
Chapters
from Chapra |
| 7a |
Basic
Probability and Statistics |
--- |
12
|
| 7b |
Curve
Fitting -- Regression |
8 |
12-13 |
| 7c |
Curve
Fitting -- Interpolation |
8 |
14-15 |
| Numerical
Differentiation and Integration & Numerical Solution
of ODEs |
| Lesson
# |
Topic |
Chapters
from Gilat |
Chapters
from Chapra |
| 8a |
Numerical
Differentiation and Integration |
10 |
16-17 |
| 8b |
Numerical
Solution of IVPs and BVPs |
10 |
18-19 |
Last
updated by Prof. John R. White (Sept. 2006)
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