Sources of Information

• Lectures
  Class lectures are the primary source of material for the course. All students are expected to attend.

• Notes and Text
  - AMATH341/CS371 Supplementary Course Notes. (required)
  - Numerical Analysis, Seventh Edition, Burden and Faires, Brooks/Cole (available in the bookstore). This provides an overview of the computational tools and mathematics used in the course. (recommended)

• Other Texts
  - Introduction to Scientific Computing, C. Van Loan, Prentice-Hall.
  - Applied Numerical Methods Using Matlab, L.V. Fausett, Prentice-Hall, 1999.
  - Mastering Matlab 5/6, D. Hanselman, B. Littlefield, Prentice Hall, 1998. This is an in-depth treatment of Matlab.

• Webpage: important announcements will be made on the course webpage. http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~hdesterc/websiteW/courses/AM341F04/amath341.html

Assignments and Late Policy

Assignments will be posted on the course web page approximately two weeks before the due dates. Check regularly to make sure you are using the most recent version (corrections will be made to the web posting, if necessary). Each of the assignments is to be submitted at the beginning of class on the due date. Late assignments submitted within 24 hours of the due deadline will be marked at half credit. Assignments submitted more than 24 hours late will not be marked.

Assignment Marking

The assignments will consist of programming problems and analytic work.
Note: Most of the marks for the programming problems will be given for algorithm descriptions (i.e. pseudo-code) and explanation of the results/output. Simply handing in "raw code" and bare output will get very few marks.

Course Grade

-The five assignments will contribute 35% to the course grade.
-The midterm is worth 25%.
-The final examination is worth 40%.
In order to pass the course, students must have a pass on the exam component. Thus you must obtain a mark of 33 (out of 65) on the total of the midterm and final marks to pass the course. Otherwise, your exam mark will be your final grade.
If you are unable to write the midterm for well-documented reasons, then the final examination is weighted at 65% of the final mark.

Collaboration

You are encouraged to discuss assignments with other individuals in the class.
Submitted assignments should be your own work.
A mark of -100% can be recorded for the assignment for all parties involved in a case of blatant cheating/copying.

Programming Languages

You are expected to become proficient in Matlab. During the week of September 13, a Matlab tutorial will be scheduled (evening). You should get yourself familar with Matlab as soon as possible. Some assignments may also involve the use of Maple (for analytical work).

Hopefully you'll enjoy learning about Computational Mathematics. Good luck with the course!

Created by Hans De Sterck.
Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada.
Phone: 1-519-888-4567 ext 7550, Fax: 1-519-746-4319, E-mail: hdesterck@math.uwaterloo.ca.
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