Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

CS/Math 166 (Numerical Analysis)
Information Page

Spring Quarter 2008
Dennis C. Smolarski, S.J.

Class Notes

PDF slides transcribed from hand-written class notes are available at http://math.scu.edu/~dsmolars/ma166/ma166pdf.html

Assignments and Programs

Answers for the "Study Problems" for use before the final exam are posted outside my office. Please keep them from walking away!

On-Line Information about Matlab and Octave (Matlab Clone)

• Octave homepage
• Octave Manual
• A Brief Introduction to Octave (Part of the Manual in the previous link)
• Octave Links Page
• Octave Quick Reference Card (3 pages -- in Postscript Format) (for v. 1.1.0)

• Matlab Introduction
• Matlab Tutorial (by T. Nguyen)
• Control Tutorials for Matlab (Carnegie Mellon, Univ. of Michigan)
• Matlab Primer (Version 2.0 -- html)
• Matlab Primer (Version 3.0 -- PDF format -- Acrobat Reader needed)
• Matlab Primer (Version 3.0 -- PDF format -- Reduced size, 4 pages per sheet -- Acrobat Reader needed)

• Numerical Computing with Matlab by Cleve Moler (Complete textbook in PDF format.)

• Scilab home page (Alternative Matlab clone)
• Comparison of Matlab and Scilab commands

Classroom and Internet Guidelines

• Classroom Etiquette and Courtesy
• Netiquette Guidelines (or suggested Etiquette rules for the world of Cyberspace)
• Netiquette Home Page

Auxiliary Information

• Web site for textbook
  This includes links to the errata page listing the printing latest errors found in the book, and well as links to all software and texts found on the CD-ROM.
• Preliminary Index to Class Notes
• Important Dates and Information
• Midterm I Study Page
• Midterm II Study Page
• Final Exam Study Page
• Final Exam Postmortem NEW -- June 13, 2008
• Holistic Numerical Methods Institute (University of South Florida, School of Engineering) (web site with links to various numerical mathematical software).

On-Line Unix/Linux Tutorials

• Notes for the Unix/Linux operating system on the departmental node math are available via the Unix/Linux Notes Listing Page. Links to other on-line tutorials on Unix/Linux and other Unix-related information can also be found there.

Miscellaneous Information

• Information about SCU related computer concerns, web pages, and miscellaneous may be found on this page.

My email address is dsmolarski at scu.edu
This information page last updated 31 March 2008.