====== MATH 445: Mathematics and Applications with Matlab ======

Lecture: Tue, Thu 10:10-11:00am Kingsbury N343\\
Lab section 1: Tue, Thu 12:40--2:00pm Kingsbury N134\\
Lab section 2: Tue, Thu 02:10--3:30pm Hewitt 301\\
Lab section 3: Tue, Thu 03:40--5:00pm Hewitt 301\\
Instructor: John Gibson. Office hours: Tue 11-noon, Wed 2:10-3pm, Thu 11-noon, N309E Kingsbury Hall\\
Teaching Assistant: Cara Mack. Office hours: t.b.d\\

Prerequisite: Math 418 or equivalent.\\
Recommended Texts: 
  * [[http://www.mathworks.com/help/pdf_doc/matlab/getstart.pdf|Matlab Primer,]] Mathworks, Inc.
  * //Essential MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists// Brian D. Hahn, any edition.
  * //Matlab: A Practical Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving,// S. Attaway, any edition.\\

Additional References: [[http://www.mathworks.com/moler/chapters.html|Numerical Computing with Matlab]], C. Moler; and 
[[http://www.mathworks.com/moler/exm/chapters.html|Experiments with Matlab]], C. Moler.\\
Download Matlab: [[http://at.unh.edu/acs/services/software/ | UNH academic software]] (note: requires network license via UNH VPN)

[[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:policies| Policies on grades, homeworks, labs, exams, etc.]]\\

==== Course outline and schedue ====

Readings are listed as sections in the Attaway textbook
^ lecture ^ date ^ topic ^ reading ^
| 1 | 01/23 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lecture:arithmetic | intro, arithmetic]] | 1.1-1.4 |
| 2 | 01/25 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lecture:vectors]] | 2.1-2.3  |
| 3 | 01/30 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lecture:scripts| scripts, plotting ]] | 3.1-3.2, 3.6 |
| 4 | 02/01 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lecture:loglinear| log-linear relations ]] |  |
| 5,6| 02/06,08 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lecture:publish| matlab publish ]] | 2.4, 14.3 |
| 7,8 | 02/13,15| [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lecture:matrices| linear algebra and matrices]] | 2.1, 2.4, 14.3 |
| 9,10 | 02/20,22 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lecture:forloop| "for" loop, functions, fprintf ]] | 5.1, 3.3 |
| 11 | 02/27 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:exam1topics | exam 1 prep ]] |  |
| 12 | 03/01 | exam 1 |  |

| 13, 14| 03/06,08,10 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lecture:hamsters | hamster dynamics ]] |  |
| 15 | 03/10 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lecture: hamsters| Google Page Rank ]] |  |
| 16,17 | 03/20,22 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lecture:newtonmethod | nonlinear equations ]] |  |
| 18,19 | 03/27,29 |  |  |
| 20,21 | 04/03,05 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lecture:graphics3d | 3d graphics ]]   |  |
| 21 | 04/10 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lecture:cylinderflow | inviscid flow past a cylinder ]] |  |
| 22 | 04/12 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lecture:timestepping | time stepping (numerical intregration of ODEs)]] |  |
| 23,24  | 04/17,19 | Game of Life |  |
| 25,26 | 04/17 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lecture:pendulum | the plane pendulum ]] |  |
| 26,27 | 04/17,19 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lecture:baseball | baseball dynamics ]] |  |

==== Labs ====

^ lab ^ due ^ topic ^
| [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lab1]] | Tue 1/30 | arithmetic expressions |
| [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lab2]] | Tue 2/05 | vectors, sums, plots |
| [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lab3]] | Tue 2/12 | log-linear relations | 
| [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lab4]] | Tue 2/19 | linear algebra: the truss | 
| [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lab5]] | Tue 2/26 | loops and functions | 
| [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lab6]] | Tue 3/20 | hamster dynamics / Google Page Rank | 
| [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lab7]] | Thu 3/29 | nonlinear equations, Newton's method |
| [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lab8]] | Thu 4/05 | 3d graphics |
| [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lab9]] | Thu 4/12 | a gentle rain falls on Monte Sol  |
| [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lab10]] | Thu 4/19| Game of Life |
| [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:lab11]] | Thu 5/03 | home run |
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^ exam ^ date ^ time ^ location ^ topics ^ ^
| midterm exam | Thu 03/01 | 10:10-11:00am | Kingsbury N343 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:exam1topics | topics]] | {{ :gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:exam1sample.pdf | sample exam 1}} {{ :gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:exam1samplesolns.pdf | solutions}}|
| final exam | Tue 05/15| 8:00-10:00am | Hamilton-Smith 140| [[gibson:teaching:spring-2018:math445:finaltopics | topics]] | |