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| ====== Math 445 Outline of topics for exam 2 ====== | ====== Math 445 Outline of topics for exam 2 ====== | ||
| - | Everything listed on the [[gibson:teaching:spring-2015:math445:exam1topics|outline of topics for exam 1]] is fair game for exam 2. There will certainly be a few questions on exam 2 that could have appeared on exam 1, such as | + | Everything listed on the [[gibson:teaching:spring-2015:math445:exam1topics|outline of topics for exam 1]] is fair game for exam 2. There will probably be three or four questions on exam 2 that could have appeared on exam 1, such as |
| * accessing elements or subvectors of vectors, and elements, rows, cols, or submatrices of matrices | * accessing elements or subvectors of vectors, and elements, rows, cols, or submatrices of matrices | ||
| * elementwise operations on matrices and vectors | * elementwise operations on matrices and vectors | ||
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| So make sure you understand these issues, and understand and correct any mistakes you made on exam 1! | So make sure you understand these issues, and understand and correct any mistakes you made on exam 1! | ||
| - | The remainder of exam 2 will focus on programming and the algorithms we have learned in labs 6-9 | + | The remainder of exam 2 (probably three or four more questions) will focus on programming and the algorithms we have learned in labs 6-9 |
| * [[gibson:teaching:spring-2015:math445:lab6]] evaluating formulae involving sums and products with for loops | * [[gibson:teaching:spring-2015:math445:lab6]] evaluating formulae involving sums and products with for loops | ||
| * [[gibson:teaching:spring-2015:math445:lab7]] Newton search for solving nonlinear equations | * [[gibson:teaching:spring-2015:math445:lab7]] Newton search for solving nonlinear equations | ||
| * [[gibson:teaching:spring-2015:math445:lab8]] Google page rank algorithm | * [[gibson:teaching:spring-2015:math445:lab8]] Google page rank algorithm | ||
| * [[gibson:teaching:spring-2015:math445:lab9]] Monte Carlo methods (coin flips and Presidential elections) | * [[gibson:teaching:spring-2015:math445:lab9]] Monte Carlo methods (coin flips and Presidential elections) | ||
| - | Make sure you understand the mathematical algorithms involved in those labs, and also how the algorithms are coded in Matlab. | + | Make sure you can write simple functions, such as those in lab 6, in correct Matlab syntax. |
| + | Make sure you understand the mathematical algorithms involved in labs 7,8, and 9, and also how the algorithms are coded in Matlab. | ||
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| - | There will probably be three or four questions on basic Matlab usage and three or four questions on programming and algorithms. Make | ||
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