Midterm Exam, October 12th, 2007, 9:00 - 9:50 AM, 1320 DCL
Covers Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Undergrad Stats: Count 29, Max 20/22, Min 6/22, Mean 13/22, Median 13/22
Graduate Stats: Count 43, Max 22/22, Min 10/22, Mean 17/22, Median 16/22
Final Exam, Monday, December 10th, 2007, 8:00 - 11:00 AM, 1310 DCL and 218 MEB
Last Name begins with A-M: 1310 DCL, Last Name begins with N-Z: 218 MEB
Covers Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11.
Undergrad Stats: Count 29, Max 48/50, Min 16/50, Mean 32/50, Median 31/50
Graduate Stats: Count 41, Max 50/50, Min 20/50, Mean 38/50, Median 40/50
A supplemental list of review questions is available in HTML format. Please let me know if you find typos!
Study Tips: The exam will be multiple choice with questions of similar difficultly to the quizzes, so make sure you really know all the quiz questions and answers. After you have finished studying the quizzes (and the midterm), try working all the review problems at the ends of the chapters. Go through the course notes and make sure you understand all the key points. Look through the text and make sure you understand the existence, uniqueness, and sensitivity of the problems which are are solving. Finally, for each chapter, what are the numerical methods, what solution do they produce, how much do they cost to implement, how stable are they. It's important to not only know the absolute cost and stability, but also the relative costs and stability (i.e. which method is best in which situation?). Make sure you know the methods well enough that you could actually apply the less complicated ones to a real problem (e.g., 3 by 3 matrix, 3 by 2 least-squares problem, 2 by 2 eigenvalue problem, 2 component Newton, 2 component Euler, scalar backward Euler, etc.) Although the exam will be comprehensive, it will be (very) slightly more concentrated on the second half of the course (Chapters 6 - 11).