last update: 5/24/11
| DATE | TOPIC | TEXT
SECTIONS
(3rd
ed.) |
| 29-Mar | Introduction; numerical precision | Ch. 1.0-2, 7.0-4 |
| 31-Mar | Sorting, matrix inversion, histograms | Ch. 2, Ch. 8 |
| 5-Apr | Interpolation and smoothing: polynomial, spline, Chebyshev, miscellaneous | Ch. 3, 5.0-3, 5.7-10 |
| 7-Apr | Integration: elementary, Gaussian quad | 4.0-7 |
| 12-Apr | ... Monte Carlo and 2D integration | 7.7-9, 4.8 |
| 14-Apr | Statistics: basics, commonly used distributions | 6.0-4, 14.0-1 |
| 19-Apr | ... significance tests | 14.2-4 |
| 21-Apr | Statistics continued...
correlations *** Independent Study Project proposals due *** |
14.5-9 |
| 26-Apr | Exam 1 -- open book -- material covered through 21-April. | |
| 28-Apr | Minimization and fitting: linear LSQ | 15.0-4, 10.0-3 |
| 3-May | ... max likelihood, minimax, nonlinear LSQ, robust fitting | Notes, 15.5-7 |
| 5-May | Monte Carlo simulation methods | Notes, 15.8-9 |
| 10-May | Monte
Carlo
simulation
methods,
continued |
Notes,
15.8-9 |
| 12-May | Fourier methods: FFT | 12.0-6 |
| 17-May | ...
convolution and correlations (JW away) |
13.0-3 |
| 19-May | ... spectra and filtering (JW away) | 13.4-9 |
| 24-May | Differential equations: Runge-Kutta, shooting, relaxation methods, Eigenvalue methods, Partial differential equations | 17.0-6,18.0-3, 11, 20 |
| 26-May | Supplementary
topics: Method of moments, Unfolding, Cellular automata, |
Notes
- not on exam. |
| 31-May |
project
presentations
2C |
Notes - not on exam. |
| 2-June | NO
OFFICIAL CLASS. I'll be online to talk informally about
additional topics, please join me if you wish. TAKE-HOME EXAM #2 - See "Slides" directory in course home page. Material covered since Exam 1. ***term project papers due 5pm*** |
Due on Monday, 6/6/11 at 5pm |
| NOTE:
NO
FINAL
EXAM
during
exam
week.
Class
is over Exam 2. Exam
results and grades will be posted on your MyUW gradebook page by 6/13. |