Math 270B (Winter 2022)

Instructor: Li-Tien Cheng

Office: AP&M 5707

E-mail: lcheng@math.ucsd.edu

Lecture Times:

MWF 10--10:50am in AP&M 2402
Lectures until Jan 30 will only be online, at Zoom ID 95954473160

Office Hours:

MWF 9--9:50am in-person at AP&M 5707 or online at Zoom ID 99874126024
By appointment on Zoom
Office hours until Jan 30 will only be online

TA Office Hours:

Zirui Zhang: Tu 1:30--3:30pm
- Office hours until Jan 30 will only be online, at Zoom ID 96089061843

Piazza:

Piazza has been activated to facilitate student discussions with each other, and can be accessed from Canvas Textbook: Numerical Mathematics by Quarteroni, Sacco, Saleri

We will cover parts of sections 6.1--6.6, 7.1, 8.1--8.8, 9.1--9.9, 10.2, 10.7--10.8, 10.10
Other book resources:
- Numerical Analysis: Mathematics of Scientific Computing, 3rd edition by Kincaid, Cheney

MATLAB Resources

A MATLAB introduction is available at www.math.mtu.edu/~msgocken/intro/intro.html.
Use the "help" command in MATLAB.
Matlab at UCSD.
An alternative to Matlab is a free program called Octave.

Homework

Exams

The midterm will be on Wednesday, February 9.
- You will be able to use books, notes, and computers, however, everything you
  write down should be in your own words and not copied from a source
- You are not to discuss the exam with others
- Whether taken in-class or online, exam will be released on Gradescope and you will upload your exam to Gradescope
- Questions during the exam can be answered through email: lcheng@math.ucsd.edu
Final exam will be on Friday 8--11am, March 18.
- You will be able to use books, notes, and computers, however, everything you
  write down should be in your own words and not copied from a source
- You are not to discuss the exam with others
- Whether taken in-class or online, exam will be released on Gradescope and you will upload your exam to Gradescope
- Questions during the exam can be answered through email: lcheng@math.ucsd.edu

Grading Policy