Math 242: Modern Computational Mathematics
(Professor McKelvey)
Syllabus, Fall Term, 2009


(Extremely Tentative)
 
Date   Topic
Sept.10 Introduction to Computing and R
15 Euclid's Algorithm for g.c.d.
17 Markov Chains
22 Markov Chains, continued
24 Difference Equations/Chaos
29 Differential Equations
Oct.1 More Differential Equations
6 Systems of Differential Equations
8 Fourier Transforms (Project 1 Out)
13 Fourier Transforms, continued
15 Introductory Digital Signal Processing
20 Google Page Rank Algorithm (Project 1 Due)
22 Primality Testing/Factoring
27 FALL BREAK
29 More Primality Testing and Factoring
Nov.3 Public Key Cryptography
5 More Public Key Cryptography
10 Even More Public Key Cryptography
12 Deterministic Dynamic Programming
17 Stochastic Dynamic Programming
19 Catch-up and/or Class's Choice (Finalized Proposals Due)
24 Catch-up and/or Class's Choice
26 THANKSGIVING BREAK
Dec.1 Catch-up and/or Class's Choice
3 Catch-up and/or Class's Choice
8 Catch-up and/or Class's Choice
10 Final Project: Class Presentations (Take-home Final Out)
15 Final Project: Class Presentations
19 FINAL EXAM (Saturday: Exam due at 11:00am)

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