MATH 527 / CSCE 561
Meeting times: MWF 10:10 - 11:00 AM at LeConte (LC) 303B.
Instructor: Dr. Peter G. Binev http://www.math.sc.edu/~binev/
e-mail: binev@math.sc.edu)
phones: 576-6269 (at LC 425) or 576-6304 (at SUM 206H)
Office hours: MWF 11:00 - 12:00 AM at LeConte 425/Sumwalt 206, or by appointment.
Prerequisites: MATH 242 or MATH 520.
Learning Outcomes: At the end of this course students will be able to read, interpret, and use vocabulary, symbolism, and basic definitions from Numerical Analysis. The students will be able to use facts, formulas, and techniques learned in this course to apply algorithms and theorems to find numerical solutions and bounds on their errors to various types of problems including root finding, polynomial and spline approximation, numerical differentiation and integration, numerical solutions of ODEs.
Attendance: Regular class attendance is important. A grade penalty will be applied to any student missing five or more classes (10%) during the semester. The "10 percent rule" stated above applies to both excused and unexcused absences. Students who anticipate potential excessive absences due to participation in permissible events as described in the USC Academic Bulletins (http://www.sc.edu/bulletin/ugrad/acadregs.html#class atten.) should receive prior approval from the instructor to potentially avoid such penalty.
Cell Phones: All cell phones must be turned off during the class.
Homework: A few homework problems will be assigned each class. Be sure to solve and write these problems before the next class. Some solutions will be collected (with or without preliminary notice).
Projects: Every student has to choose a project motivated by the computational or theoretical problems discussed in the course. Several possible themes for the projects will be suggested by the instructor in the length of the course. The project in a form of a poster, slides, or a short paper should be submitted on or before April 20, 2009.
Graduate Students: The graduate students attending the class will be given some additional homework problems. Their projects will be larger and should contain two parts, theoretical and computational. They should also prepare a 15-minute oral presentation which they should present during the class on April 22, 2009.
Discussions: The homework and the projects will be discussed in class. The participation in the discussions will be taken into account as part of the homework grade.
Midterm Exam: There will be a midterm exam in a form of a test. The tentative date of the exam is February 16, 2009. The problems on the test will be similar to the ones from the homework and the discussions in class.
Final Exam: The final exam in a form of a test will take place on Thursday, April 30 at 9:00 AM.
Grading: The final grade will be determined from the homework (30%), the midterm exam (20%), the project (20%), and the final (30%).
Academic Dishonesty: Cheating and plagiarism will not be allowed. The University of South Carolina has clearly articulated its policy governing academic integrity and students are encouraged to carefully review the policy on the Honor Code in the Carolina Community (see http://www.jour.sc.edu/pages/academicintegrity/policies.html).
ADA: If you have special needs as addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act and need any assistance, please notify the instructor immediately.
Web Materials: The authors of the textbook maintain a webpage http://rene.ma.utexas.edu/CNA/NMC6/. In particular, they make available free software codes on the variety of programming languages under the link Sample Codes.
Important Dates: January 16 – Last day to drop without W
February 16 – Midterm Exam
February 23 – Last day to drop without WF
April 4/5 – 33rd SIAM Southeastern-Atlantic Section Conference
April 20 – Deadline to submit the projects
April 22 – Graduate students presentations
April 30 – Final Exam at 9:00 AM