MAD 4401
Numerical Analysis- Fall 2015
Course: MAD 4401, Section Id: 82768
Instructor: Dr. M. Rahman
Office: Bldg. 14E/ Room 2727
Class Time and Place: 9:25 -10:40 am TR,
Building 9 Room 1413
Textbook: Elementary Numerical Analysis,
3rd ed., Atkinson and Han, Pearson Publishing
Office hour: 10:45 – 11:45 am, TR, and by
appointment
e-mail: mrahman@unf.edu
Web: http://www.unf.edu/~mrahman
Prerequisite: MAC 2313, MAP 2302, MAS 3105 and a scientific programming language.
Credit hours: 3
Grading Criteria:
2 Exams
Final Exam (Comprehensive)
Homework and Group work/project
Class participation & effort
Point Allocation
40%
30%
20%
10%
Grading Scale:
A (90% and above)
B (80%–89.99%)
C (70%–79.99%)
D (60%–69.99%)
F (< 60%)
The “  `` will be included only to improve your grades.
Important Deadlines:
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Last day to withdraw (no refund)– Oct. 30th
Holidays (no classes or office hours) – Labor Day- Sept. 7th , Veteran’s Day-Nov. 11, Thanksgiving- Nov 26 –
Nov. 28th
Exam 1(in class): Oct. 6th , 2015 (Tuesday)
Exam 2 (take home): Nov. 17th , 2015 (Tuesday)
Final Exam is on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 9:00-10:50am.
Attendance: is required; parts of this class may be in a cooperative learning format. You will be assigned group
work in and out of class. Repeated absences (more than 4 unexcused) will result in lowering your grade in the
course. Students absent for university sponsored events or must make arrangements for making up the work they
will miss before they are absent.
Homework: is required. Selected problems from your textbook will be assigned and graded. All homework
must be written on 8 1  11 paper. Write on one side of the paper. Staple the pages in the upper left corner.
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You are encouraged to discuss problems & coding with each other.
Midterm Exams: One in class and one take home midterm exams will be given.
Final Exam: The final exam is comprehensive and will be administered in class on Tuesday, December 8,
9:00-10:50am.
Makeup Exams: Will be given at the discretion of the instructor and only in the case of verified medical or
other emergency. The instructor must be notified before the exam is given.
Calculators: A graphing calculator is useful. A TI–83 or a TI-86 is recommended. TI-89s and TI-92s cannot
be used during exams.
Course Content:
Topics include error analysis, solutions of equations in one variable, polynomial interpolation, numerical
integration, and numerical solutions of initial value problems. We will survey numerical methods used for
solving scientific and mathematical problems. Students will use and modify programs from textbook in Matlab
implementing the various methods we discuss in class.
Course Outline:
Chapter 1 – The Taylor Polynomial, The error in Taylor Polynomials, Polynomial Evaluation
Chapter 2 – Errors: Definitions, Sources, and Examples
Chapter 3 – Rootfinding
Chapter 4 – Interpolation
Chapter 5 – Numerical Integration and differentiations
Chapter 8 – Ordinary differential equations
Disability Resource Center: If you believe that you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please
contact “Disability Resources Center” in Bldg. 57-Room 1500.
Plan for dealing with disruption of normal activities
In the event of disruption of normal classroom activities due to an emergency such as hurricane, pandemic or
other unforeseen event or combination of events, the format of this course may be modified in order to enable
completion of the course requirements. In that event, you will be provided an addendum to this syllabus that
will supersede this version. It is your responsibility as a student participant to be proactive during any
emergency to find instructions that I will be sent through email (or posted to the osprey website) as determined
by the instructor as appropriate for the circumstances.
Disclaimer: The instructor reserves the right to amend this syllabus at any time. Changes will be announced in
class. It is the responsibility of the student to be aware of any changes.