Stanford University School of Engineering

CS237A Numerical Linear Algebra


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ANNOUNCEMENTS 7 Dec -- The project is due Monday Dec 10th at 5pm. You may email your report in (check the FAQ for what to do).

7 Dec -- Project FAQ updated

3 Dec -- Project and Homework 9 FAQ updated

5 Nov -- You are each being given 1 "late" day. For homework 6,
  • If you pass your homework in by the end of class on Wednesday, you will have 1 "late" day to use on a later homework assignment.
  • If you pass your homework in between 12:15pm on Wednesday through noon on Friday, you will use up your late day.
  • If you pass your homework in after noon on Friday, you need to talk to Walter.
24 Oct -- Two references on sparse matrices have been added to the list of texts below.

17 Oct -- Links added for projects/applications using the SVD.

13 Oct -- HTML pointers for discussions on Floating Point Arithemetic added to the handouts section. (Handout 10)

8 Oct -- Homework schedule has changed. Homework will be due on Wednesdays starting October 17th. Office hour changes will be posted later.

28 Sept -- Mailing list. You will be automatically subscribed to the cs237a-student email list when you register for the class.

SUMMARY Solution of systems of linear equations: direct methods, error analysis, structured matrices; iterative methods and least squares.
PREREQUISITES CS137
Matlab Basics
TEXTS Matrix Computations by Gene Golub and Charles Van Loan (Required)

Applied Numerical Linear Algebra by James Demmel (Recommended)

Numerical Linear Algebra by Lloyd Trefethen and David Bau, III (Recommended)

MATLAB Primer, Sixth Edition by Kermit Sigmon and Timothy Davis (Suggestion)

Computer Solution of Large Sparse Positive Definite Systems by Alan George and Joseph W. Liu (Recommended Reference)

Direct Methods for Sparse Matrices by IS Duff, AM Erisman and JK Reid (Recommended Reference)

MAILING LIST You will automatically be subscribed to cs237a-students when you register for the class through Access (see your Time Schedule for instructions). No work is required on your part to be subscribed to the list.
REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING Your grade will be determined by your performance on approximately nine homework assignments and one class project. Homework is to be handed in by the end of class on the date it is due.