MA580/CSC580, Spring 2013
Numerical Analysis I

Time and Place: MWF 9:10-10:00am,   1218 SAS Hall

Instructor:  Prof. Ilse Ipsen
4234 SAS Hall, 515-3399
email: ipsen at dot ncsu dot edu
office hours: MWF 10-11am, and by appointment

Webpages for MA580/CSC580: 

• http://www4.ncsu.edu/~ipsen/ma580/
• http://courses.ncsu.edu/ma580/lec/001/
• http://courses.ncsu.edu/csc580/lec/001/

Prerequisites:  MA405; MA425 or MA511; high-level computer language

Topics:  Linear systems, least squares, singular value decomposition, eigenvalue decompositions,
sensitivity and perturbation theory, numerical stability of algorithms

Textbooks: 

• Ilse Ipsen: Numerical Matrix Analysis, SIAM, 2009 (downloadable copy)


• Des and Nick Higham: Matlab Guide, Second Edition, SIAM, 2005


• To buy the books at a 30% discount from SIAM, apply for a free SIAM Student Membership
  (NCState is an academic member of SIAM)


• Downloadable paper: Ilse Ipsen and Carl Meyer: The Idea Behind Krylov Methods

Homeworks: 

• Available here: HW0, HW1, HW2, HW3, HW4, HW5, HW6, HW7, HW8
• Late submissions will not be accepted.
• No hand-written homeworks, please. Homeworks must be typeset.
• Please use L^ATEX.
• Collaboration in teams is encouraged.

Exams: 

• 2 Midterms: 15 February and 27 March 2013
• Final: 8am on 1 May 2013
• No collaboration on exams.

Course Grade: 

• Homeworks:  30%
  
• Best of 2 midterm exams:  35%
  
• Final exam:  35%
  
• A+: 96-100%, A: 90-95%, B+: 86-89%, B:80-85%, C: 65-79%
  

Matlab Resources:

• Matlab Primer
  
• Numerical Computing with Matlab
• Matlab Tutorial (Utah)

L^ATEX Resources:

• Essential L^ATEX
• Essential Mathematical L^ATEX
• L^ATEX 2e introduction
• L^ATEX Software and Documentation
• Easy to install L^ATEX for Windows