Math 305 - Course Calendar
This calendar is tentative. The precise duration on various topics are likely to change.
The numbers inside parentheses refer to the section of the textbook.
- Week 1 (Oct 5): Solution of Equations by Iterations (1.1 - 1.8)
- Weeks 2-3 (Oct 12): Solution of Systems of Linear Equations (2.1 - 2.6, 2.7 - 2.9)
- Week 4 (Oct 26): Symmetric and Banded Matrices (3.1 - 3.3)
- Week 5 (Nov 2): Simultaneous Nonlinear Equations (4.1 - 4.4)
- Weeks 6-7 (Nov 9): Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors of a Symmetric Matrix (5.1 - 5.10)
- Weeks 8-9 (Nov 23): Polynomial Interpolation (6.1 - 6.5)
- Week 10 (Dec 10): Numerical Integration, Newton-Cotes Quadrature (7.1 - 7.7)
- Week 11 (Dec 14): Polynomial Approximation in the infinity-norm (8.1 - 8.5)
- Week 12 (Dec 21): Approximation in the 2-norm (9.1 - 9.4)
- Week 13 (Dec 28): Numerical Integration, Gaussian Quadrature (10.1 - 10.6)
- Optional Topic (If time permits): Initial Value Problems for ODEs (12.1 - 12.5)