CSci 5302 - Spring 2009 - Notes

• Last year's final exam - as a sample final.
  (campus access only. Here's an Off-Campus link)
• >Notes on Discrete Fourier Transform and FFT discussed in class on April 29.
• type-out and diary of script modelling flow network discussed in class on April 22.
• Sections of the textbook to be covered on Midterm 2 on April 8, 2009.
• saddle.msimple Matlab demo to draw a surface for an arbitrary real-valued function of x and y. Use Matlab's own rotate tool.
• lsqr.msimple Matlab least squares demo. Use Matlab's own rotate tool.
• Formal description of 2D interpolation and bi-cubic splines: fitting a surface over a 2D lattice of points.
  (campus access only. Here's an Off-Campus link)
• Formal derivation of formulas for Cubic Splines
• Sections of the textbook to be covered on Midterm 1 on February 23, 2009.

• Textbook lecture notes -- Lecture notes by Michael Heath (author of text book)
• Errata in text book -- Printing errors in text.

• Matlab notes -- Some hints on getting started with matlab.
• Matlab Tutorial -- A simple tutorial on Matlab.
• intro.m -- A simple introductory demo on Matlab.
• sample_function.m -- A sample temporary function for use in the demo.
• temporary_function.m -- Another sample temporary function for use in the demo.
  (Copy these two files to your own directory, start matlab, and type intro)

• MATLAB Primer, Kermit Sigmon.
• The Matlab Manuals, Mathworks. You will find this very useful!
• Matlab Manual: Getting Started (184 pgs, especially chapters 2 and 4).
• Official Matlab Usenet FAQ.
• A Practical Introduction to Matlab, Mark Gockenbach.

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