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 AssignedTopic

Problems




Sep 14 round-off error

§1.2; #7d, 15c

numerical derivatives

§4.1; #2a, 5a, 26

bisection method

§2.1; #6b, 8, 13, 17




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




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




Oct 23 midterm exam



Oct 23 composite trapezoid & Simpson

§4.4; #1ac, 3ac, 11ab, 13ab

Gaussian quadrature

§4.7; #1ac, 5, 11, 12




Nov 2 quiz #4



Nov 2 adaptive quadrature

§4.6; #1a, 3a

Taylor polynomials

§1.1; #9, 11, 16, 17, 19, 21

Chebyshev polynomials & interpolation

§8.3; #1ab, 3ab, 7




Nov 29 Newton’s method for nonlinear systems

§10.2; #1a, c

Jacobi & Gauss-Seidel iteration

§7.3; #1a, 3a







?? FINAL EXAM



December 7, 2018