Course Instructor: Shi Jin
Phone: 608-263-3302(o); E-mail: jin@math.wisc.edu

Class Hours: TR 1:00-2:15 at B211 Van Vleck
Office Hours: TR:10:00-11:00am, Van Vleck 511, or by appointment
Course Web : http://www.math.wisc.edu/~jin/Teaching/F04/m712.html

References: (reserved in the Math Library)

• C.W. Gear, Numerical Initial Value Problems in Ordinary Differential Equations, Prentice-Hall 1971.
  
• R.D. Richtmyer and K.W. Morton, Difference Methods for Initial-Value Problems , John Wiley & Sons 1967.
  
• J. Strikverda: Finite Difference Schemes and Partial Differential Equations , Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole Advanced Books & Software, 1989
  
• R.J. LeVeque: Numerical Methods for Conservation Laws, Birkhauser, 1992
  
• D. Gottlieb and S.A. Orszag, Numerical Analysis of Spectral Methods, SIAM 1977
  
• L.N. Trefethen, Spectral Methods in Matlab, SIAM 2001
  

Grading: The final grade will be determined by homework assignments including computer projects.

Homework: Homeworks, both analytic and computational, will be assigned several times during the semester. A basic programing language (Fortran, C, Matlab, etc.) is essential for the computation projects. Students should finish the homeworks with their own effort.

• Homework No. 1 , Due Sept 23
• Homework No. 2 , Due Oct 5
• Homework No. 3 , Due Nov 2
• Homework No. 4 , Due Nov 18
• Homework No. 5 , Due noon Dec 6 (no late hand-in will be accepted)