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====== MATH 445: Mathematics and Applications with Matlab ====== Lecture: Tue, Thu 10:10-11:00am Demerrit 240\\ Lab section 1: Tue, Thu 12:40--2:00pm Memorial Union Building DL\\ Lab section 2: Tue, Thu 02:10--3:30pm Memorial Union Building DL\\ Lab section 3: Tue, Thu 03:40--5:00pm Memorial Union Building DL\\ Instructor: John Gibson. Office hours: Tue, Thu 11:10am-noon, Wed 3:40-4:30 N309E Kingsbury Hall\\ Teaching Assistant: Melanie Vining. Office hours: Mon, Wed 11:00am-1:30pm N316 Kingsbury Hall\\ Prerequisite: Math 418 or equivalent.\\ Recommended Texts: * //Essential MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists// Brian D. Hahn, any edition. * //Matlab: A Practical Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving,// S. Attaway, any edition.\\ * [[http://www.mathworks.com/help/pdf_doc/matlab/getstart.pdf|Matlab Primer,]] Mathworks, Inc. 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-2016:math445:policies| Policies on grades, homeworks, labs, exams, etc.]]\\ [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:schedule| Course outline and schedule.]]\\ Readings are listed as sections in the Attaway textbook ^ lecture ^ date ^ topic ^ reading ^ | 1 | 01/26 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:lecture:intro]] | 1.1-1.4 | | 2 | 01/28 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:lecture:vectors]] | 2.1-2.3 | | 3 | 02/02 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:lecture:scripts| scripts, plotting ]] | 3.1-3.2, 3.6 | | 4 | 02/04 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:lecture:loglinear| log-linear relations ]] | | | 5 | 02/09 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:lecture:linearalgebra| linear algebra ]] | 2.4, 14.3 | | 6 | 02/11 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:lecture:matrices| matrices in matlab ]] | 2.1, 2.4, 14.3 | | 7 | 02/16 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:lecture:forloop| "for" loop, functions, fprintf ]] | 5.1, 3.3 | | 8 | 02/23 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:lecture:pagerank1| hamster dynamics ]] | | | 9 | 02/25 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:lecture:pagerank2| Google Page Rank ]] | | | 10 | 03/01 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:exam1topics | exam 1 prep ]] | | | 11 | 03/03 | exam 1 | | | 12 | 03/08 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:lecture:newtonsearch| nonlinear equations, Newton's method ]] | | | 13 | 03/08 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:lecture:newtonsearch| nonlinear equations, Newton's method, cont'd ]] | | | 14 | 03/22 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:lecture:montecarlo| Monte Carlo methods ]] | | ^ lab ^ due ^ topic ^ | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:lab1]] | Sun 1/31 | matlab basics | | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:lab2]] | Sun 1/31 | vectors, plotting | | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:lab3]] | Sun 2/07 | scripts, log-linear relations | | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:lab4]] | Sun 2/14 | linear algebra: the truss | | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:lab5]] | Sun 2/21 | programming basics | | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:lab6]] | Sun 2/28 | hamster dynamics / Google Page Rank | | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:lab7]] | Sun 3/13 | nonlinear equations, Newton's method | | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:lab8]] | Sun 3/27 | Monte Carlo methods, predicting elections | ^ homework ^ due ^ topic ^ solutions ^ | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:hw1]] | soon | matlab basics | | ^ exam ^ date ^ time ^ location ^ topics ^ ^ | exam 1 | Thu 03/03 | 10:10-11:00am | DEM 240 | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:exam1topics | exam 1 topics]] | [[gibson:teaching:spring-2016:math445:exam1sample | sample questions ]] | | exam 2 | Thu 04/07 | 10:10-11:00am | DEM 240 | | | | final | Tue 05/17 | |DEM 240 | comprehensive | |
