Meeting Hours:   Lectures, Mon-Wed-Fri, 9:00-9:50am; Section, Thu, 1:30-2:20pm

Classroom:   Shaffer 1

Course Web Page:    http://www.ams.jhu.edu/~eyink/SciCompODE

Text:   Kendall E. Atkinson, In Introduction to Numerical Analysis, 2nd. ed., 1989.

Homework:   There will be weekly assignments due in class every Thursday.

Prerequisites:    Calculus III, and 550.291 or approved alternative (e.g.,110.201).
No previous experience with computer programming is required.

Overview of Topics Covered:

I.    Root-Finding.

II.    Interpolation Theory.

III.    Approximation of Functions.

IV.    Numerical Integration.

V.    Numerical Methods for ODE's.

Grading:

Your final grade in this class will be determined as follows:

Although the three items are roughly equally weighted, their importance is in the order listed:
Homework, Midterm Exam, Final Exam.

Late Homework and Make-Up Exams:

Homework cannot be accepted for credit after either (a) solutions have been presented in Thursday section or
(b) solutions have been posted on-line. If a homework is turned in after (a) or (b) and there is a valid excuse
for its being late, then it will be removed from the student's total grade for the course, and the remainder
of the homework assignments reweighted accordingly.

Make-ups for the Midterm and Final Exams may be available if exams are missed due to illness or family emergency.
Make-up exams are only available if discussed with the instructor at least 1 day before the date of the exam.
If an emergency arises after that time and there is a valid excuse, then the exam will be removed from the student's
total grade for the course, and the remainder reweighted accordingly.    Proper documentation of the emergency
must be presented before either of these options can be offered.

Guidelines for Ethical Conduct:

The strength of the university depends on academic and personal integrity. In this course, you must be honest
and truthful. Ethical violations include cheating on exams, plagiarism, reuse of assignments, improper use
of the Internet and electronic devices, unauthorized collaboration, alteration of graded assignments, forgery
and falsification, lying, facilitating academic dishonesty, and unfair competition.

In addition, specific ethics guidelines for this course are as follows: Students may discuss homework. However,
all solutions MUST be written up and submitted individually. The same rules apply to computer programs.
Basic ideas may be discussed but detailed codes should not be copied or shared. Finally, exams must
represent the result of individual effort and communication is permitted only with the instructor and TA.

Report any violations you witness to the instructor. You may consult the associate dean of student affairs
and/or the chairman of the Ethics Board beforehand. See the guide on ``Academic Ethics for Undergraduates''
and the Ethics Board Web site (http://ethics.jhu.edu) for more information.