COT 4500: Numerical Calculus

Instructor: Dr. S. Lang, CSB 203 (407) 823-2474 lang@cs.ucf.edu Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday: 2 - 4 pm	Teaching Assistant:

Announcements:
(Dec. 1, 2006) Notes fror Section 7-3 and final exam info posted. (Nov. 29, 2006) Notes for Section 7-2 posted. (Nov. 19, 2006) Notes for Section 7-1 posted (Nov. 17, 2006) Notes for Section 6-4 posted. (Nov. 15, 2006) Assignment #8 posted after class, including additional remarks on Questions 4 and 6 of Section 6.2. (Nov. 8, 2006) Test #2's formula sheet revised and reposted after 11/08/2006's class. Notes for Section 6-3 posted. (Nov. 5, 2006) Test #2 info including a formula sheet posted. (Nov. 3, 2006) Three pages added to Section 6-1's notes; notes for Section 6-2 posted. (Nov. 1, 2006) Notes for Section 6-1 and Assignment #7 posted. (Oct. 30, 2006) Notes for Section 4-7 posted (Section 4-6 skipped). (Oct. 27, 2006) Notes for Section 4-5 posted. (Oct. 25, 2006) Assignment #6's new due date is Wednesday, Nov. 1. (Oct. 23, 2006) Notes for Section 4-4 posted; page 6 of Section 4-2 notes updated. (Oct. 20, 2006) Notes for Section 4-3, and Assignment #6, posted. (Oct. 18, 2006) Notes for Sections 4-1 and 4-2 posted. (Oct. 16, 2006) Notes for Sections 3-4 and 3-5 posted. (Oct. 15, 2006) Assignmnet #5 posted; my office is now located in Rm. 207 of the Harris Corporation Engineering Center (see direction at http://campusmap.ucf.edu/flash/index.php?select=b_116). (Oct. 11, 2006) Notes for Sections 3-2 and 3-3 posted. (Oct. 4, 2006) Test #1's formula sheet expanded and reposted. Also, please note two corrections on Assignment #4's answer keys: Section 2.2, Q2(b), the answer should be 0.98750 (previously 1.22852); Section 2.2 Q18(a), ... by the "Mean Value Theorem" (previously Intermediate Value Theorem); also, please note one comment regarding Section 2.3, Q14, after computing f'(x), we could simplify it as (2x^4 - 4x^3 + 2x - 2) / x^3, then use Newton's method to find a zero for the numerator 2x^4 - 4x^3 + 2x - 2 (to simplify computation in Newton's formula). (Oct. 1, 2006) Test #1's formula sheet posted at the Test Info link. (Sept. 29, 2006) Test #1 information is posted. A (partial) answer key to Assignment #3 along with the assignment papers were handed out during class. (Sept. 27, 2006) Section 3.1 notes posted. (Sept. 25, 2006) Section 2.6 notes posted. (Sept. 22, 2006) Section 2.5 notes and Assignment #4 posted. (Sept. 20, 2006) Section 2.4 notes posted. (Sept. 18, 2006) Section 2.3 notes posted. (Sept. 15, 2006) Assignment #3 posted with notes added after today's class. (Sept. 13, 2006) Section 2.2 notes posted. Please note a typo on Homework #1's answer key, Question 4(c): the end of the last line should say "... max value 5.164 at x = 4." (Sept. 8, 2006) Section 2.1 notes posted. (Sept. 6, 2006) Assignment #2 posted, due 9/15/2006 in class; Section 1-3 notes posted; Olympus computer accounts handed out. (Sept. 1, 2006) An example for computing harmonic series posted under the Notes section. (Aug. 28, 2006) Notes added to Questions 4(c) and 26 of Assignment #1, reposted. (Aug. 25, 2006) Examples pertaining to Section 1.1 posted. Assignment #1's new due date 9/01/2006 in class. (Aug. 24, 2006) Section 1.2 notes posted. (Aug. 23, 2006) Assignment #1 posted, due 8/30/2006 in class. (Aug. 21, 2006) Lectured Section 1.1 of the text.