CSE/MATH 451: Numerical Computations, Spring 2005
Course home page for section 2.
Course finished. The final exam can be found here:
ps-file and
pdf-file .
The exam with answers can be found here:
ps-file and
pdf-file .
Please check this page often to update course information.
Cource Notices: (latest notice on top)
- April 15: The last home work #9 is out, due April 29 Friday in
class. I also put out the last notes on O.D.E.
- Apr. 11: Answers to homework 7 is available.
- Apr. 8: home work 8 is out, due April 15. Friday in class.
- Mar 31: Congratulations to another successful exam! I will
hand it back to you tomorrow. The exam II with answer can be found
here , and the original exam can be found
here . See you tomorrow.
- Mar. 28: Homework 7 is out, due April 8, Friday in class.
Answer to hw 6 in online.
- Mar. 23: Answer to hw 5 is online. Change of office hours next
week due to the midterm exam II, the new hours will be: Monday
10:30-11:30am, Wednesday 10-11:30am, at Whitmore 3rd floor, lounge
area of Math Dept.
- Mar. 18: Home work 6 is out, due March 25(Fri) in class.
- Mar. 16: Answer to HW 4 is posted on line. Lecture notes (No. 5)
on systems of linear equations are also online. Check them out.
- Mar. 2: Hw 5 is out, due date March 18 Friday in class.
Lecture Schedule: MWF 01:25 -- 02:15 , 217 Thomas.
Lab hours: F 01:25--02:15, 111 Boucke, on 01.21, 01.28, 02.04,
02.11. There will be no lecture on these Fridays.
Office hours: W 2:30-3:30pm, F 11-12am,
appointments. Location: 3rd floor, lounge area of Math Dept, Whitmore
Building.
Instructor:
Wen
Shen, assistant professor at Dept of Math.
Email: shen_w AT math DOT psu DOT edu
Office: room 6A, Thomas building basement.
Course Text:
Guide to scientific computing, Second Edition, by Peter Turner,
CRC Press.
Lecture notes from the professor.
Lecture schedule
Course Syllabus
Final Exam: Monday May 2, 2005, from 4:40pm, 104 Chambers.
Home works:
- Home work 1: ps-file or
pdf-file. Print also the Matlab manual:
ps-file and pdf-file
- Home work 2: ps-file or
pdf-file. Due: Feb., 4, Friday in class.
- Home work 3: ps-file or
pdf-file. You need to download these files:
cspline.m and
cspline_eval.m.
Due: Feb., 18, Friday in class.
- Home work 4: ps-file or
pdf-file. Due: March 4, Friday.
- Home work 5: ps-file or
pdf-file. Due: Mar. 18, Friday.
- Home work 6: ps-file or
pdf-file. Due: March 25, Friday. You also
need to downlaod the Matlab file
naiv_gauss.m .
- Home work 7:
ps-file and
pdf-file . Due: April 8, Friday.
- Home work 8:
ps-file and
pdf-file . Due: April 15, Friday at class.
- Home work 9:
ps-file and
pdf-file . Due: April 29, Friday at class.
Home work solutions:
Some available lecture notes:
Exams from Fall 2004 :
Final exams from Spring 2004:
Some More Old Exams: (some with solutions)
Useful links:
Last updated by Wen Shen
Feb 4, 2004.