MATH 3650 – Numerical Analysis
Homework problems, Fall 2018
Problems are from the assigned textbook: Richard L. Burden and J. Douglas Faires, Numerical Analysis, 10th edition, Brooks/Cole, 2016.
The following is a minimal set of problems you should be able to solve by the end of the course. Additional practice (e.g. review after each chapter) is up to your discretion.
Date Assigned | Topic | Problems |
Sep 14 | round-off error | §1.2; #7d, 15c |
numerical derivatives | §4.1; #2a, 5a, 26 |
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bisection method | §2.1; #6b, 8, 13, 17 |
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Sept 25 | quiz #1 | |
Sept 26 | fixed-point iteration | §2.2; #1, 2, 7, 9, 20, 23 |
Newton’s method | §2.3; #5(a,d), 6d, 22 |
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Oct 5 | quiz #2 | |
Oct 5 | order of convergence | §2.4; #6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14 |
Oct 12 | quiz #3 | |
Oct 12 | polynomial interpolation | §3.1; #1ab, 3ab, 7a, 21 |
trapezoid & Simpson’s rule | §4.3; #1ac, 3ac, 5ac |
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Oct 23 | midterm exam | |
Oct 23 | composite trapezoid & Simpson | §4.4; #1ac, 3ac, 11ab, 13ab |
Gaussian quadrature | §4.7; #1ac, 5, 11, 12 |
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Nov 2 | quiz #4 | |
Nov 2 | adaptive quadrature | §4.6; #1a, 3a |
Taylor polynomials | §1.1; #9, 11, 16, 17, 19, 21 |
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Chebyshev polynomials & interpolation | §8.3; #1ab, 3ab, 7 |
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Nov 29 | Newton’s method for nonlinear systems | §10.2; #1a, c |
Jacobi & Gauss-Seidel iteration | §7.3; #1a, 3a |
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?? | FINAL EXAM | |
December 7, 2018