MA934: Module Resources
Lecturer: Radu Cimpeanu
Slack channel: http://mathsyscdt.slack.com (for questions, links and miscellaneous communications)
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MA934 is five weeks long and runs from week 1 to week 5 (inclusive) of the Autumn term.
Lectures
Mondays 1000 - 1200 in D1.07 (CDT Seminar Room, Floor 1, Zeeman Building) unless otherwise advised
Tuesdays 1000 - 1200 in D1.07 (CDT Seminar Room, Floor 1, Zeeman Building) unless otherwise advised
This is assuming that local and national restrictions allow for face-to-face interaction.
Classes
Mondays 1300 - 1500 in D1.07 (CDT Seminar Room, Floor 1, Zeeman Building) unless otherwise advised
Tuesdays 1300 - 1500 in D1.07 (CDT Seminar Room, Floor 1, Zeeman Building) unless otherwise advised
This is assuming that local and national restrictions allow for face-to-face interaction.
Assessment:
Oral viva examination (40%)
Written class test (40%)
Coursework (20%)
Notes:
There are some prepared notes for this module but probably not for all of it. I'll post what I have here. Please let me know about any errors or typos which you find.
- Notes 1 : Finite precision arithmetic, algorithms and computational complexity
- Notes 2 : Recursive functions and data structures
- Notes 3 : Interpolation, numerical derivatives and numerical integration
- Notes 4 : Root finding and optimisation
Some additional notes explaining the Golden Section Search properly: https://github.com/colm-connaughton/MA934-gss - Notes 5 : Numerical linear algebra
- Notes 6 : Integration of differential equations
- Notes 7 : Dynamic programming and Dijkstra's algorithm
- Notes 8 : Fourier transforms
- Additional notes: https://github.com/MathSys-MA934/class-notes : Linear programming
Problem sheets:
- Jupyter notebooks containing the homework problems are available through github classroom accessible using the link provided in class.
Deadlines
- Deadline for submission of 1st assignment is 12:00 noon on
- Deadline for submission of 2nd assignment is 12:00 noon on
- Please submit via Github following the instructions here. Please ensure that you also complete an online declaration when you have submitted a piece of assessed work.
- Class test will be on Monday 31 October 2022 at 10am
- Vivas will be on Tuesday 01 November 2022 (please keep the whole day free until your timeslot has been confirmed)