Math 571 Numerical Linear Algebra

Math 571, Numerical Linear Algebra, Winter 2021

lecture notes : complete to Thurs April 22

homework
hw1 due : Tues Feb 9
hw2 due : Tues Feb 16
hw3 due : Tues Mar 2
hw4 due : Thurs Mar 18
hw5 due : Tues Mar 30
hw6 due : Tues April 13 code for problem 6
hw7 due : Mon April 26

notes on using MATLAB
Matlab resources for students
The Origins of Matlab, by Cleve Moler, December 2004
How the SVD Saves the Universe, by Cleve Moler, September 2020

Interview with Peter Lax, AMS Notices, February 2006, "... the astonishing phenomenon of the interaction of solitons was discovered by numerical calculations ..."
Numerical Methods Resource Page
Disasters Attributable to Bad Computing, by Doug Arnold
Collection of Software Bugs, by Thomas Huckle
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