MA/CSC 580-002: Numerical Analysis I

Fall Semester, 2008

http://www4.ncsu.edu/~zhilin/TEACHING/MA580



Goals and Objectives:

This course is designed for students in engineering, physical and mathematical sciences. The course covers most of materials in numerical linear algebra.  We will address issues of algorithm development, implementation and applicability, the error analysis including effect of round off errors, available software packages, and parallel computing to some extent. Main topics include:  direct and iterative methods for solving system of linear equations,  least squares solutions, eigenvalues problem, singular value decomposition, and non-linear system of equations.
Textbook:
Numerical Mathematics, A. Quarteroni, R. Sacco, and F. Saleri, 2nd Ed. & notes from the instructor

Prerequisites:
A reasonable background in calculus, linear algebra. Some programming experiences are helpful, but not essential.

Grading:

Homework  (analytic part and computer projects) about every two weeks:  45%
Class participation:             5% (excessive absences will affect the grade linearly)
Midterm & Final Exam:         Best of 20%+30% or 10% + 40%

Computing:

Matlab  will be used for instructions and is recommended for homework. However,  you can use C, C++, Fortran, or other computer language and software packages as well.


Materials:

  • Introduction: Model problems, round off errors, norms, condition numbers.
  • Direct methods for linear systems,  Pivoting, LU, LL' decomposition.
  • Iterative methods for linear systems, Jacobi, Gauss-Seidel, SOR, Spectral radius,  Krylov methods, CG and PCG, GMRES.
  • Iterative methods for non-linear systems, Newton method and variations, Broyden method.
  • Eigenvalues and other problems in numerical linear algebra, Eigenvalues estimation, Power and shifted Power method, Orthogonal transformation, QR algorithm, Least squares solution, SVD decomposition.

  • References:

  • Iterative Methods for Linear and Nonlinear Equations, C.T. Kelley, SIAM 1995
  • Numerical Analysis, Fifth Edition,  R. L. Burden and J. D. Faires, PWS-Kent Publishing Company, 1993
  • Matrix Computations, G. Golub and C. F Van Loan, John Hopkins

  • Calendar:

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    H: Holiday, V: Vacation(No class);  L: Last day of instruction
    M: Midterm Exam; F: 1:00-4:00pm, December 16, in classroom