Mathematics 784: Nonlinear Equations and Optimization
Spring term, 2011, 11:45--1:00 TH, SAS 2106
Instructor: C. T. Kelley , 515-7163, Tim_Kelley@ncsu.edu
Office hours: SAS 3234, 10:30 - 11:20 MW

New implicit filtering book.
New implicit filtering code.

• House Rules , pdf
  • General info
  • Syllabus
  • References
• Books: Available for FREE download from siam.org
  • Iterative Methods for Linear and Nonlinear Equations
    
    • First printing errors corrected in second printing.
    • Second printing errors corrected in third printing.
    • Third printing errors corrected in fourth printing.
  • Iterative Methods for Optimization
    errors in first printing -- fixed in second
    
• MATLAB codes:
  • Nonlinear Equations:
    • Use the New Codes not the
    • old ones .
  • Optimization: Menu

Homework Assignments

• HW-1, due Feb 24: LaTeX , pdf
  
• HW-2, due Mar 24: LaTeX , pdf
  
• HW-3, due Apr 26: LaTeX , pdf
  

Important Dates

• Thursday, February 24, 1st homework assignment due
• Tuesday-Thursday, March 7,10: No class, Spring Break
• Tuesday, March 24, 2nd homework assignment due
• Thursday, April 21: No class, Spring Holiday
• Tuesday, April 26, 3rd homework assignment due
• Friday, April 29: Classes end

HELP

• A New Book about numerical methods by the inventor of MATLAB.
• A really useful page from the University of Houston
• Matlab: UCLA MATLAB online Reference Document , Florida MATLAB online Reference Document , Michigan Tech MATLAB Help, Michigan Tech MATLAB Help in Postscript, MATLAB help at Utah , MATLAB help at GMU , MATLAB help from Indiana, Matlab primer,
• NCSU Tutorials , EOS/Unity Tutor
• sample2e.tex for LaTeX2e, LaTeX help at NCSU