CmpE 360

Numerical Methods

Instructor: Lale Akarun, ETA 28, akarun@ boun.edu.tr

TA: Cem Keskin, ETA 26, keskinc@ cmpe.boun.edu.tr

Oya Aran, ETA 27, aranoya@ boun.edu.tr

Course Hours: MMT 122 ETA A2

Textbook: Michael T. Heath, Scientific Computing, McGraw Hill, 2002.

Reference Book: Burden and Faires, Numerical Analysis, 7th ed, Brooks/Cole, 2001

Topics

1.    Floating point numbers and arithmetic

2.    Solutions of nonlinear equations in one variable

3.    Systems of linear equations

4.    Linear least squares

5.    Eigenvalue problems; SVD

6.    Interpolation and curve fitting

7.    Numerical integration and differentiation

8.    Intro to signal processing, FFTs

9.    Random numbers and simulation

Grading

•       Homeworks + quizzes + attendance: 20 %

•       Midterm 1: 20 %

•       Midterm 2: 20 %

•       Final: 40 %

Homeworks

•       The homeworks will involve:

–      on-paper classical problems,

–      programming,

–      MATLAB

•       MATLAB : MATrix LABoratory

•       Matrix based system for scientific and engineering calculations

•       Interactive

•       Has built-in functions for almost everything we will need in this class

Quizzes and attendance

•       Quizzes will be based on assigned homework problems

•      Attendance is mandatory; those who do not attend at least 75 % of all classes will receive 0 from class work.