Day 44 in Mat360

Today:

• Return 5.1 problems: I'd planned on grading 6, but since so few did it, I just graded 2c (and we went over 6 in class - it can be found at the tail of the class notes for 5.1).
• Return 5.2 problems.
• Collect problems 5.3: these will be graded by Monday, if you'd like to pick them up.

• Questions/Comments on old stuff?

• Final bits....
  • Comments on the final
    • This must be your own work, and no one else's.
    • You may use your text, and the usual software. Do not do library searches, web searches, or people searches.
    • The exam is to be turned in by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, EST.
    • Many of my lisp functions, in case you want to use them
    • You may, of course, contact me with questions: home phone is 859-781-3916

  • Something from section 5.3:

  • A word on other "Killer Apps" of Numerical Analysis
    • More differential equations!
      • Boundary value problems
      • Partial differential equations

    • Numerical linear algebra:
      • linear regression
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      • eigenvalues, eigenvectors, eigenfunctions

      • SVD

    • Non-linear regression
      • fitting data with non-linear functions
        

• Evaluations