Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

CS/Math 166 Assignments Page

Winter Quarter 2012

PLEASE: when using public computer labs (Learning Commons, O'Connor, or elsewhere), remember that there are others in the room and that the NOISE LEVEL should be kept appropriately LOW! ALSO, in O'Connor, please remember that faculty offices are very near the computer lab and that loud discussion can adversely affect faculty working with students in their offices nearby.

General Information

• General Rules and Other Information
  This file contains information about printing to the Laser Printer in O'Connor from PC based software.
  Remember the Rules for Programs when completing any programming assignment!
• Program Style

Announcements Regarding Specific Dates

• Mon, Jan 16, 2012, Martin Luther King Holiday (No class).
• Wed, Feb 1, 2012, Midterm I.
• Midterm I Study Page
• Mon, Feb 20, 2012, Presidents' Day Holiday (No class).
• Wed, Feb 22, 2012, Midterm II.
• Midterm II Study Page
• Mon, Mar 12, 2012, Probably no class -- meeting out of state.
• Fri, Mar 23, 2012, Final, 9:10am-12:10pm
• Final Exam Study Page

Programs, Written Homework

• Machine Problem 1, Due: Fri, Jan 20, 2012
• Machine Problem 2, Due: Mon, Jan 30, 2012
• Wed, Feb 1, Midterm I
• Machine Problem 3, Due: Mon, Feb 6, 2012
• Machine Problem 4, Due: Fri, Feb 17, 2012
• Wed, Feb 22, Midterm II
• Machine Problem 5, Due: Fri, Mar 2, 2012
• Machine Problem 6, Due: Fri, Mar 9, 2012
  Assignments will be made available as soon as they are ready.

Written Homework
NOTE that if problems seem appropriate, you are free to code iterative methods in some computer language and obtain the solution via computer. Also for problem pertaining to linear algebra problems, you are free to make use of Matlab/Octave.

• Homework 0 (Matlab/Octave Introduction), Due: Fri, Jan 13, 2012
• Homework 1, Due: Wed, Jan 18, 2012.
  Sec 1.2, p 28 [8th ed. p 26]: 1b, 2a, 3a, 4a, 5c, 17, 19b, 20 using eqs in b from 19;
  Sec 1.3, p 39 [8th ed. p 36]: 1a.
• Fri, Jan 20, 2010, MP 1 -- see above
• Homework 2, Due: Wed, Jan 25, 2012.
  NOTE: nothing prevents you from creating a small program to compute answers to some of the following problems.
  Sec 2.1, p 54 [8th ed. p 51]: 1, 15, 16;
  Sec 2.3, p 75 [8th ed. p 71]: 5a (use p₀=2), 7 (for 5a), 9 (for 5a) (for problems 7 and 9, use the endpoints of the interval as p₀ and p₁), 19;
  Sec 2.4, p 86 [8th ed. p 82]: 8a -- NOTE: The problem has an exponent of 2ⁿ and not 2n;
  Additional Problem: Find the next three intervals, given the initial interval of [0,2], needed to find the roots of y=x²-2 via Regula Falsi.
• Mon, Jan 30, 2012, MP 2 -- see above
• Homework 3, Due: Wed, Feb 1, 2012.
  Sec 6.2, p 380 [8th ed. p 368]: 9a, 10b, 13a, 14b;
  Sec 6.3, p 381: 5a, 10, 14 [8th ed. p 378: 1a, 6, 10],
  and the following Additional Problem:
  Let A be the matrix in prob. 5a [8th ed. 1a] and B the matrix in prob. 5b [8th ed. 1b], find AB and BA.
  Sec 6.4, p 399 [8th ed. p 386]: 1c, 12a.
• Wed, Feb 1, Midterm I
• Mon, Feb 6, 2012, MP 3 -- see above
• Homework 4, Due: Wed, Feb 15, 2012.
  Sec 7.3, p 459 [8th ed. p 449]: 1a,b, 3a,b;
  Sec 7.4, p 467: 1a,b [8th ed. sec 7.3, p 449, 9a,b];
  Sec 9.1, p 568: 1a, 3a [8th ed. p 555: 1a, 5a];
  Sec 9.3, p 590: 1c [8th ed. sec 9.2, p 571: 1c],
  and the following Additional Problem:
  Find the characteristic polynomial, and the eigenpairs of the matrix:
  

       ( 1  2 )
       ( 5  4 )
  

• Fri, Feb 17, 2012, MP 4 -- see above
• Wed, Feb 22, 2012. Midterm II
• Homework 5, Due: Fri, Feb 24, 2012.
  Sec 8.1, p 506 [8th ed. p 490]: 1, 5a, 9 (no plot);
  Sec 3.1, p 116: 18 [8th ed. p 115: 28* slightly different data. Get -- --new data and new problem requests from others in the class];
  Sec 3.3, p 133 [8th ed. sec 3.2, p 127]: 9a, 13, 14;
  
• Homework 6, Due: Wed Feb 29, 2012.
  Sec 3.5, p 161 [8th ed. p 153]: 3c, 5c. (Note: "free" spline is an alternative name for "natural" spline, cf. middle pg 146 [8th ed., top pg. 140].)
• Fri, Mar 2, 2012, MP 5 -- see above
• Homework 7, Due: Wed, Mar 7, 2012.
  Sec 8.3, p 528 [8th ed. p 512]: 6, 7;
  Sec 4.3, p 202 [8th ed. p 195]: 1a (n=1), 5a (n=2), 22 for Trapezoidal (n=1) and Simpson's rule (n=2) only;
  Sec 4.5, p 218 [8th ed. p 211]: 1a,b;
  Sec 4.7, p 234 [8th ed. p 226]: 1a,b, 2a,b.
• Fri, Mar 9, 2012, MP 6 -- see above
• "Study" Problems for use before Final Exam.
  Sec 5.2, p 273 [8th ed. p 263]: 1, 5, 9.
  Sec 5.3, p 281 [8th ed. p 271]: 1.
  Sec 5.6, p 314 [8th ed. p 301]: 5a.
  Sec 11.1, p 667 [8th ed. p 648]: 1, 2.
  Sec 11.3, p 689 [8th ed. p 661]: 1, 3.
  Sec 12.1, p 723 [8th ed. p 698]: 1, 2, 3.
  Answers available at my office.

OFFICE HOURS FINALS WEEK
To be determined.

Final Exam: Fri, Mar 23: 9:10am-12:10pm.

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Last updated: 24 January 2012.