COMP 361/5611

ELEMENTARY NUMERICAL METHODS

FALL 2021

This document provides announcements and information related to the course COMP 361/5611/2, Section DD.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• [New] [November 28, 2021]
  • Important Message about Tentative Course Letter Grade. For determining the Tentative Course Grade, the Term Test 2 scores will be scaled to percentages, with a score of 56/64 becoming 100%. A score between 56 and 64 will remain at 100%. The same scaling will be applied to Term Test 1, as well as to the Final Exam.
    
    The total grade for four Assigments, which ranges between 0 and 400, will be scaled to percentages by dividing this total grade by 4.
    
    Using the Term Test 1, Term Test 2, and Assignment percentages, a Tentative Course Grade will then be determined as specified in the Course Outline. This is followed by a conversion to Letter Grades.
    
    The graded Term Test 2 papers will be returned to you in class on Friday, December 3. It will include a form which shows your Tentative Course Grade, and the corresponding Letter Grade. You MUST sign this form and select one of the following two options:
    
    (1) ACCEPTING your Tentative Course Letter Grade and NOT WRITING the Final Exam, or (2) NOT ACCEPTING your Tentative Course Letter Grade and WRITING the Final Exam.
    
    The signed form MUST be returned in class. If you DO NOT return the signed form, then you are ASSUMED to be writing the Final Exam.
  • Brief Solutions to Term Test 2 are available.
• [November 22, 2021] The Solutions to Assignment Problems have been updated with more solutions.
• [November 20, 2021] Term Test 2 (on November 26), as well as the Final Examination, will cover all material presented in class, including Numerical Differentiation and Integration. The precise Lecture Notes Pages are numbered 1-239 and 268-286.
• [November 01, 2021]
  • Brief Solutions to Term Test 1 are available. Detailed solutions can be discussed in the Tutorials.
  • Term Test 1 grades are available. Graded term tests were already returned in class. Unclaimed tests will again be available in class on November 5, or from ER-1247 between 4PM and 5PM on November 5.
• [October 14, 2021] Term Test 1 on October 22 will include a problem on fixed point iteration and rates of convergence. Page 1 ("Cover Page") of the Test contains further information.
• [October 10, 2021] The Term Tests and the Final Examination questions will be inspired by the examples in the Lecture Notes and by the exercises in the assignments.
• [October 02, 2021] Students are encouraged to complete their assignments by the due date in the Course Outline. However, assignments can be submitted, without penalty, until 11 PM of the following Sunday.
• [September 22, 2021] There is information on the submission of assignments.
• [September 15, 2021] There is an addendum to the lecture notes.
• [August 31, 2021] The outline and lecture notes are available.

OUTLINE

• Course Outline.

SCHEDULE

• Lecture and Tutorial Schedule.

MOODLE

• Lecture Videos on Moodle.

LECTURE NOTES

The lecture notes are in PDF. To view/print the documents in PDF, a PDF reader, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader or Foxit, is needed. The lecture notes may, at times, be updated. If so, tools such as Adobe Acrobat or DiffPDF can be used for comparing PDF documents.

• Lecture Notes on Elementary Numerical Methods. By E. J. Doedel.
• Lecture Notes on Elementary Numerical Methods with Solutions to Selected Exercises. By E. J. Doedel.
• Addendum to the Lecture Notes.

ASSIGNMENTS

SUBMISSION

The due dates of the assignments are given in the Course Outline. Assignments must be submitted on the EAS (Electronic Assignment Submission System) before 11 PM on the due date. Assignments cannot be submitted during Lectures or Tutorials.

• Electronic Assignment Submission System.
• Electronic Assignment Submission System Information.

PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

• Assignment Problems.
• Solutions to Assignment Problems.

EXAMINATIONS

• Term Test 1: October 22, 2021.
• Term Test 2: November 26, 2021.

MISCELLANEOUS

Questions related to the course and course material can be asked before, during, or after the lectures. Appointments to meet the instructor in his office can be arranged by sending an e-mail to doedel@cs.concordia.ca. The office is ER-1247 in the ER Building.