Introductory Numerical Analysis: Numerical Linear Algebra
Time and Place: MWF 12:00-12:50pm, SMLC 352, Spring 2012
Instructor: Monika Nitsche, SMLC 334,
nitsche@math.unm.edu
Office Hours: MF 1-2 (off), W 10-11 (Calculus Table), or by appointment
Texts:Numerical Linear Algebra, by Lloyd N.
Trefethen and David Bau, III, SIAM, 1997.
Prerequisites: Math 464/514 and some knowledge of programming
COURSE DESCRIPTION :
We study direct and interative methods to solve linear
systems of equations, the least squares problem, and
the eigenvalue problem. For each algorithm
we investigate its efficiency, stability and accuracy.