Homework Assignments
| Assignment | Due | Notes |
| HW #1 |
via Moodle at 11:59 pm
Thurs., Sept. 10 |
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| HW #2 |
via Moodle at 11:59 pm
Wed., Sept. 23 |
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HW #3
[revised 9/29/26] |
via Moodle at 11:59 pm
Tues., Sept. 29 |
Minor revisions to G Prob. 5 and
UG Probs. 1 and 2 |
| HW #4 |
via Moodle at 11:59 pm
Fri., Oct. 23 |
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Reading Assignments
| Week Of |
Textbook Sections |
Notes |
| Aug. 24–28 |
7.1–7.3, 8.1–8.6 |
Chap. 7 readings mostly for review. |
| Aug. 31–Sep. 4 |
8.2–8.6, 8.16 |
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| Sep. 7–11 |
8.16, Supp. 1, 8.8 |
1: "Constrained Least-Squares Optimization Using Minimized
Coefficient Magnitudes" |
| Sep. 14–18 |
8.8–8.12 |
Skim Secs. 8.9 and 8.11 |
| Sep. 21–25 |
8.10–8.13, Supps. 2–4
| Skim Sec. 8.11
2:
Mathworks Help Center documentation on factorizations
3: SVD readings from Numerical Recipes in C
4: "The Fundamental Theorem of Linear Algebra" (optional) |
| Sep. 28–Oct. 2 |
Chap. 1, 2.1–2.5
3.1–3.6, 3.8, 3.9
7.6; Supps. 3–4 |
Skim Chaps. 1 & 2 (mostly for review).
Selected parts of Chap. 3 covered in lectures.
Sec. 7.6 is an important review of vector spaces. |
| Oct. 5–9 |
3.1–3.3, Chap. 5, Supps. 5 & 6 |
5: "Series Solution Method for ODEs"
6: "Meet the Bessels"
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| Oct. 12–16 |
Chap. 5, 12.1–12.3,
Supps. 5 & 6 |
[no class on Oct. 12] |
| Oct. 19–23 |
12.1–12.3, 12.5,
13.1–13.3, Supp. 7 |
7: "Sturm-Liouville Problems: Eigenfunction Orthogonality"
(optional) |
| Oct. 26–30 |
13.1–13.3 |
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Notes:
- The section numbers specified above refer to the 6th edition of the textbook
by D. G. Zill.
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