MATH639: Assignments for Spring 2002

MATH639: Homework assignments

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• Homework 1 : Concepts in Linear Algebra, Due February 3, 2004
• Homework 2 : Vector and matrix norms and norm inequalities, Due February 12, 2004
• Homework 3 : Analysis of the simplest iteration methods, Due February 24, 2004
• Homework 4 : Convergence of the simplest iteration methods, Due March 11, 2004
• Homework 5 : Variational iterative methods, Due April 8, 2004
• Homework 6 : Projection methods, Due April 20, 2004
• Homework 7 : Newton's method, Due May 5, 2004

MATH639: Programming assignments

• Progr. assignment 1 : Basic iterative methods, Due February 18, 2004
• Progr. assignment 2 : Jacobi and SOR iterative methods for symmetric matrices (2-D case), Due March 12, 2004
  • you can find some finite difference formulas for this assignment here
• Progr. assignment 3 : Tchebyshev acceleration of linear iterations, Due March 30, 2004
• Progr. assignment 4 : Methods of steepest descent and Conjugate Gradients, Due April 15, 2004
• Progr. assignment 5 : SD and CG iteration methods for solving finite element systems, Due April 25, 2004
  • you can find the necessary formulas of the element martices for this assignment here and here as well
• Progr. assignment 6 : Comparison of the basic iteration methods, Due May 5, 2004

MATH639: Tests:

• Test # 1: The problems are based on the material covered by the homeworks 1 -- 4.
• Test # 2 (final): May 10, 2004, Friday, 1:00 -- 3:00 pm ( the final is comprehensive and covers the material of the whole course ).

Last updated March 3, 2004