Professor: Jianliang QIAN

Office: A306 Wells Hall
Phone: (517)353-6334
Email: qian@math.msu.edu

Lectures: MWF 12:40-13:30
Location: C302 WH
Office Hours: MWF 3pm-4pm and by Appointment
Teaching Assistant: Justin Droba (Email: drobajus@msu.edu)
Course Website: http://www.math.msu.edu/~qian/850.09f/index850.html

Description and Contents:
Numerical Analysis I is mainly about numerical linear algebra which is the foundation for computational mathematics and scientific computing. The following topics are intended to be covered (tentatively):

• Triangulation
• Least squares and linear systems
• Eigenvalue problems
• Iterative methods

Required Textbook:

• L. N. Trefethen and D. Bau, III, Numerical Linear Algebra, SIAM, 1997.

Recommended Textbook:

• G. Golub and C. Van Loan, Matrix Computation, Johns Hopkins U. Press, 1996.

Homework and Projects

• This will be a computationally intensive course, including programming and written assignments.
• The computational problems will utilize MATLAB, but other languages (Fortran, C, C++, etc) are acceptable as well.
• Homework due in class. No late homework accepted.

Exams:

• Final Exam/Final Project: TBA.

Grading based on:

• Class participation (10%), assignments (50%), Final Exam/Project (40%).
  
• 4.0: 90% - 100%; 3.5: 80% - 89%; 3.0: 70% - 79%; 2.5: 60% - 69%; 2.0: less than 60%.

Assignment:

Homework Assignment 1: PDF file. Due: Sept. 16. In class.

Homework Assignment 2: PDF file. Due: Sept. 23. In class.

Homework Assignment 3: PDF file. Due: Oct. 5. In class.

Homework Assignment 4: PDF file. Due: Oct. 14. In class.

Homework Assignment 5: PDF file. Due: Oct. 28. In class.

Homework Assignment 6: PDF file. Due: Nov. 9. In class.

Homework Assignment 7: PDF file. Due: Nov. 16. In class.