Math 693a - Advanced Numerical Analysis Fall '96 Dr. Kris Stewart (stewart@rohan.sdsu.edu) Course: MW: 5-6:15/BA 255 Office Hours: MW 11-1:45 or after class (the best way to contact me is via electronic mail to stewart) Note: the Wednesdays of the fall semester, the class and office hours will be held in BA 113 the Xterminal Lab. [Sept. 11, 18, 25; Oct. 2, 91 Text: Analysis of Numerical Methods, Isaacson and Keller, Dover Press, 1966 (a good "historical" references) This course will involve the study of the mathematical background of algorithms to solve the major problems from science using the computer. There will be significant computational experiments, involving programming in C or Fortran or MATLAB using rohan, as well as written reports detailing the problem statement, goals, results and interpretation of the results. Much of the programming in the computational experiments will be based on initial running examples available from the instructor and using publicly available software packages. Extensive use of the Internet will be made. Introductory lectures on electronic mail, ftp, gopher and other available info-servers will be covered in the first few weeks in the Xterm Lab (BA 113) to ensure that all students have access to this valuable resource. The first semester will focus on Integral Equations, Optimization and Least Squares using extensive handouts from the instructor and available from the course home page http://www.stewart.cs.sdsu.edu/math693/ The second semester of this sequence (Math 693b) will focus on differential equations (both ordinary and partial).