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You should check this several times a week.

Today I placed a new copy of the 2008 Final at the link below. The previous copy had a corrupted question numbering (tho the questions are just the same).

Office hours Greg Reid MC 281 Thur April 23 1 - 2 pm.

Office hours Greg Reid MC 281 Wed April 22 1 - 2 pm.

Final Exam: Crib Sheet rules (below); No calculators allowed One half of an 8.5 x 11 Sheet (front side only) of 12 pt (minimum) size writing allowed. In particular handwriting and equations should be no smaller than that on page 297 of Olver and Shakiban; and have no more than 5 lines per inch. Failure to meet these criteria or to hand in your info sheet will incur a penalty. Please show me your sheets some time before the exam, if you're not sure.

Reminder - Final Exam Friday April 24, 7 - 10 pm, Sommerville House 3317. Also see Final Exam Schedules Online

Office hours Greg Reid MC 281 Tues April 21 1 - 2 pm.

Some Assignment 12 solutions (.pdf file)

Some Additional Assignment 11 solutions (.pdf file)

Some Additional Assignment 10 solutions (.pdf file)

Some Assignment 8 solutions (.pdf file)

Office hours Greg Reid MC 281 Thur April 16 1 - 2 pm.

Office hours Greg Reid MC 281 Wed April 15 1 - 3 pm.

Recall that there were 5 hand in assignments and 4 quizzes. To calculate your assignment/quiz score out of 25, first scale each of them to a score out of 10. Choose the best 7 of 9 of these scores. Then AQ = Best 7 x 2.5/7 (max = 25). Scale your midterm so you obtain a score Mid out of 100. Your overall grade is then AQ + Mid/4 + Final/2 (+ bonus out of a max of 3 percent).

Outline of Solutions to 2008 Final Exam

2008 Final Exam

As a guide to your study you should remember that the exam is based on notes, text and assignments (sometimes the notes cover something not in the text - for example we convered the solution of matrix differential equtaion systems in the complete case). Note that sections 10.1 and 10.2 are included for the 2009, that were not covered on the 2008 final exam.

This week only - Great Specials at the Matrix Market

SVD and Image Compression (.mpl file)

Assignment 12 is now in final form.

Assignment 11 is now available.

Average on your midterm = 75.5/100; High score = 98/100; 15/34 people got 80% or more.

Some Assignment 10 solutions (.pdf file)

EigenvectorHelp worksheet for Assignment 10

Note that Quiz 4 on Friday March 27, is based on the material on Assignment 10.

Assignment 10 is now available.

Post Mortem Time! It's painful, but very helpful to go thru your exams.

We will take questions on the Midterm starting on Tuesday March 16. Please check the posted solutions first, then go and ask Greg about Q1, Q3, Q4 and Junji about Q2, Q5, Q6.

2009 Midterm Exam and the Solutions to the 2009 Midterm Exam.

QR Example File for Assignment 9 (.mpl file)

Assignment 9 is now available.

I was told that Maple on myvlab was working again around 3 pm today (Monday, March 9). Apparently, there is a max number of copies of maple that can be run on myvlab (under its licensing agreement). So one possible explanation is that when everyone was working to get the assignment finished, this number was exceeded. I am looking into this.

Assignment 8 is now available.

When you hand in your Assignment 7's on Monday, March 9, we would be grateful if you could hand in Problem C, the Maple problem, separately. This will enable us to get it back to you earlier, on Wednesday March 11.

Note that there is a Quiz on Friday March 13, in class, which will testing Maple. You will have access to Maple 12. Part way through class on Friday March 13, we will move to HSB 13 - a computer lab - in the same building as our lecture. The quiz is based on your use of Maple throughout the term. So your best review will be to go back to those questions; up to and including Assignment 7. You will be allowed to bring in one half of an 8.5 x 11 Sheet (front side only) of 12 pt (minimum) size writing allowed.

Later today (sat) I will add some more comments about the Maple Quiz scheduled for Friday March 13, and also possibly about Assignment 7.

Help on Maple Assignment 7 (txt file)

Assignment 7 is now available.

Note that the material covered for the Midterm consists of lectures that are up to and including the material on Assignment 6. Review should focus on notes, text, assignments, quiz and practise midterm [no one of these is an absolute guide].

Note that the practise 2008 midterm has an error in the solution for 5c: the exam has g = exp(-x), but the posted solution is for the case g(x) = exp(-2x) [Thanks Michael Mierzwa).

Assignment 6 solutions.

OH Greg Reid Thur Feb 19 MC 281 2 - 3:30

OH Greg Reid Wed Feb 18 MC 281 2 - 3:30

Reminder Midterm - Monday, March 2, 7-10pm WSC 240 Those with conflicts need to email me asap.

2008 Midterm Exam (practise) and the Solutions to the 2008 Midterm Exam.

Quarter Page Notes allowed on Midterm: One quarter of an 8.5 x 11 Sheet (front side only) of 12 pt (minimum) size writing allowed. In particular handwriting and equations should be no smaller than that on page 297 of Olver and Shakiban; and have no more than 5 lines per inch. Failure to meet these criteria or to hand in your info sheet will incur a penalty. Please show me your sheets in class, if you're not sure.

Assignment 6 is now in final form.

Note that the Maple Problems on Assignment 5 are required to be handed in, on printout, if possible. For a slight penalty I will accept handwritten (but accurate) inputs/ outputs.

Due to some requests, I am allowing Assignment 5 to be handed in (under my office door) at the latest on Monday February 16, at 8:30am. In addition, I am moving the questions for 3.3 on that assignment to Assignment 6.

Your grades are now available on WebCT. Please let us know as soon as possible of any errors (and within 2 weeks of posting).

Some Assignment 3 Solutions (.pdf file- thanks Yu Bai and Rebekka Moeller)

Quiz 2 Solutions (.pdf file- thanks Xuan Xuan for some solutions)

Assignment 5 is now in final form.

Reminder Midterm - Monday, March 2, 7-10pm WSC 240 Those with conflicts need to email me asap.

Please put 2811 in your subject line for emails to me - this will help them avoid my spam filter!

Office Hours (update): Greg Reid Tues 12:30 - 1:30 Wed 2:30 - 3:30 MC 281

Office Hours: Junji Jia (email: jjia5 at uwo.ca) Thur 1:30 - 2:30 MC 275C

Assignment 4 is now in final form.

Assignment 3 is now in final form.

Some Assignment 1 Solutions (.pdf file- thanks Junji)

Generally the quizzes will cover material up to and including the previous Friday. It will tend to have a focus on the material on the Assignment/Lectures for that previous week. So Quiz 1 will tend to focus on lecture material for the previous week and Assignment 2. Note it is difficult to absolutely exclude other (older) material since the course work is cumulative.

Some Assignment 2 Solutions (.pdf file)      Solutions to 2.1.3 (.pdf file)       Solutions to 2.1.8 (.pdf file)

Assignment 2 is now available.

Notes about Assignment 1: For question A* you are asked to briefly discuss history and competition between abstract and examples approaches. You might mention the Greeks, who introduced abstract logic. Here is a presentation that mentions some historical aspects Historical Comments (ppt file)

Question F (Bonus Question): Note that in (b) where - GM/R^2 = g the g should be replaced with -g.

Note that access to Maple can be obtained through myvlab at uwo ... Not ideal - its better to have your own version.

Please number the pages of your assignment, and on the front page provide a list of the * problems and the page numbers they appear on. This will be a big help to us.

Note my tel number is (519) 661 2111 X 88793 (it was incorrectly given on my outline).

Office Hours: Greg Reid Wed 2:30 - 3:30 MC 281

Office Hours: Junji Jia Thur 1:30 - 2:30 MC 275C

TA Junji Jia email: jjia5 at uwo.ca

Assignment 1 is now corrected (11:30 am Jan 9th 2009, Frid). Note that I have corrected the due date, changed question A* (its now the abstraction tolerance question), and added one final question to the Bonus Question. Apologies for these changes.

Assignment 1 is posted now. (Jan 8th 2009, Thursday)