AMS 213A: Numerical Linear Algebra

Welcome to AMS 213A, Numerical Linear Algebra, Winter 2018. This is a graduate course offered at the AMS department UCSC.

This is a class webpage where you can find the classnotes for the course. The contents herein are going to be continuously updated throughout the quarter.

Announcements on Office Hours

• With Dongwook Lee (instructor, dlee79 _at_ ucsc _dot_ edu, BE 353C):
  1. Mon 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm, or
  2. by appointment
• With Yuanran Zhu (TA, yzhu22 _at_ ucsc _dot_ edu):
  1. Fri 10:00 am - 11:00 am, BE Room 312 C/D

Google Group

• Please join the Google group of AMS 213A and use it to ask questions and provide answers among group members, open discussions, make suggestions, etc. for various topics that are relevant to the coursework.
• You are not allowed to use the Google group to share any solutions of homework assignments and projects. Maintaining a good level of academic honesty will be strongly expected for all members of the class.

Contents:

• General Introduction
  • Disclaimers
  • Course Mission
  • Syllabus
  • Course Materials
  • Grading Policy (tentative)
  • Academic Integrity
  • Preliminary Requirements
  • About the Website
  • License
• Lecture Notes
  • Chapter 1. Introduction and Basic Tools
  • Chapter 2. Solutions of Systems of Linear Equations
  • Chapter 3. Solutions of Overdetermined Linear Problems (Least Square Problems)
  • Chapter 4. Eigenvalue Problems
  • Chapter 5. Singular Value Decompositions
  • Chapter 6. Iterative Methods for the Solutions of Lineary Systems
• Homework
  • Homework 1 (Theory Problems, Due 6pm, 1/28/18, Sunday to your Git Repo)
  • Homework 2 (Theory and coding problems, Due 11:59 pm, 2/15/18, Thursday to your Git Repo)
  • Homework 3 (Theory and coding problems, Due 11:59 pm, 3/1/18, Thursday to your Git Repo)
  • Homework 4 (Theory and coding problems, Due 11:59 pm, 3/15/18, Thursday to your Git Repo)