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Numerical Methods (CS 357) Spring 2017

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Course Outline

Part 1: Models, Errors, and Numbers
Objectives
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    <b>0. Introduction</b>
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        <a href="flow:inclass-matmul-complexity">Activity: Cost of Matrix-Matrix Multiplication</a>
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    <b>1. Python, Numpy, and Matplotlib</b>
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    <b>2. Making Models with Polynomials: Taylor Series</b>
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    <b>3. Making Models with Polynomials: Interpolation</b>
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    <b>4. Making Models with Monte Carlo</b>
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        <a href="repocur:lectures/pdf/notes-part1.pdf#page=33">Notes</a>
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        <a href="flow:inclass-mc">Activity: Monte Carlo Methods</a>
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        <a href="flow:inclass-mc-discrete">Activity: Monte Carlo with Discrete Data</a>
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        <a href="flow:quiz-08">Quiz: Monte Carlo (Quiz 08)</a>
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        <a href="flow:quiz-09">Quiz: Monte Carlo II (Quiz 09)</a>
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        <a href="repo:demos/upload/mc/Computing Pi using Sampling.html">Demo: Computing Pi using Sampling</a>
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        <a href="repo:demos/upload/mc/Playing around with Random Number Generators.html">Demo: Playing around with Random Number Generators</a>
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    <b>5. Error, Accuracy and Convergence</b>
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        <a href="repocur:lectures/pdf/notes-part1.pdf#page=58">Notes</a>
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        <a href="flow:inclass-function-conditioning">Activity: Conditioning of a Function Evaluation</a>
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        <a href="flow:quiz-10">Quiz: Quantifying Error (Quiz 10)</a>
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    <b>6. Floating Point</b>
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        <a href="repocur:lectures/pdf/notes-part1.pdf#page=67">Notes</a>
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        <a href="flow:quiz-11">Quiz: Floating Point (Quiz 11)</a>
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        <a href="flow:quiz-12">Quiz: Floating Point Arithmetic (Quiz 12)</a>
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        <a href="flow:quiz-13">Quiz: Floating Point Arithmetic II (Quiz 13)</a>
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        <a href="flow:inclass-floating-point">Activity: Floating Point I</a>
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        <a href="flow:inclass-floating-point-alternate">Activity: Floating Point I (Alternate Version)</a>
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        <a href="flow:inclass-floating-point-2">Activity: Floating Point 2</a>
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        <a href="repo:demos/upload/fp/Catastrophic Cancellation.html">Demo: Catastrophic Cancellation</a>
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        <a href="repo:demos/upload/fp/Density of Floating Point Numbers.html">Demo: Density of Floating Point Numbers</a>
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        <a href="repo:demos/upload/fp/Floating Point vs Program Logic.html">Demo: Floating Point vs Program Logic</a>
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        <a href="repo:demos/upload/fp/Picking apart a floating point number.html">Demo: Picking apart a floating point number</a>
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Part 2: Arrays--Computing with Many Numbers
- Objectives
Class scribbles (click to view)

**CAUTION!** These scribbled PDFs are an *unedited* reflection of what we wrote during class. They need to be viewed in the context of the class discussion that led to them. See the lecture videos for that. If you would like actual, self-contained class notes, look in the outline above. These scribbles are provided here to provide a record of our class discussion, to be used in perhaps the following ways: * as a way to cross-check your own notes * to look up a formula that you know was shown in a certain class * to remind yourself of what exactly was covered on a given day By continuing to read them, you acknowledge that these files are provided as supplementary material on an as-is basis.
Team

Andreas Kloeckner
Andreas Kloeckner
(Instructor (Section M))
Email: andreask@illinois.edu
Office: 4318 Siebel
Edgar Solomonik
Edgar Solomonik
(Instructor (Section N))
Email: solomon2@illinois.edu
Office: 4229 Siebel
Nathaniel Bowman
Nathaniel Bowman
(TA)
Email: nlbowma2@illinois.edu
Office: 0209 Siebel
Nicholas Christensen
Nicholas Christensen
(TA)
Email: njchris2@illinois.edu
Office: 0209 Siebel
David Raju
David Raju
(TA)
Email: draju2@illinois.edu
Office: 0209 Siebel
Ammar Sakarwala
Ammar Sakarwala
(TA)
Email: ammarks2@illinois.edu
Office: 0209 Siebel
Bhavesh Shrimali
Bhavesh Shrimali
(TA)
Email: bshrima2@illinois.edu
Office: 0209 Siebel
Yizhi Zhu
Yizhi Zhu
(TA)
Email: yzhu44@illinois.edu
Office: 0209 Siebel
Computing

We will be using Python with the libraries numpy, scipy and matplotlib for in-class work and assignments. No other languages are permitted. Python has a very gentle learning curve, so you should feel at home even if you've never done any work in Python.
Virtual Machine Image

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