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Numerical Methods (CS 357) Fall 2014

What Where
Class Time/Location Tue/Thu 9:30am-10:45am in rooms 1404 (lecture) and 1304 (live video) of Siebel
Class URL https://bit.ly/cs357-f14
Web forum Piazza · Suggestions
Homework submission/grades UIUC Moodle
Class recordings Echo 360
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Homework

Textbooks


Coding the matrix
Coding the matrix

Philip N Klein, $31 Paperback, Newtonian Press, 2013


Coding the matrix
Data-Driven Modeling & Scientific Computation: Methods for Complex Systems & Big Data

J Nathan Kutz, $40 Paperback, Oxford University Press, 2013

(Note: Most booksellers (Amazon included) will, by default, offer only the hardcover edition. It takes a bunch of clicking to get to the significantly cheaper paperback edition.)


Computing

We will be using Python with the libraries numpy, scipy and matplotlib for in-class work and assignments. No other languages are permitted. Python has a very gentle learning curve, so you should feel at home even if you've never done any work in Python.

Virtual Machine Image

While you are free to install Python and Numpy on your own computer to do homework, the only supported way to do so is using the supplied virtual machine image.

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On the web

Previous editions of this class

Python Help

Numpy Help

Team

Andreas Kloeckner
Andreas Kloeckner (Instructor)

Email: andreask@illinois.edu

Office: 4318 Siebel

Office hours: (see calendar)


Pedro Bello-Maldonando
Pedro Bello-Maldonando (TA)

Email: belloma2@illinois.edu

Office: 0209 Siebel

Office hours: (see calendar)


Shelley Goel
Shelley Goel (TA)

Email: sgoel3@illinois.edu

Office: 0209 Siebel

Office hours: (see calendar)


Kavya Kannan
Kavya Kannan (TA)

Email: kkannan2@illinois.edu

Office: 0209 Siebel

Office hours: (see calendar)


Samah Karim
Samah Karim (TA)

Email: swkarim2@illinois.edu

Office: 0209 Siebel

Office hours: (see calendar)


Grading Policies

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