Wright State University
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
MTH 3260 -- Numerical Methods for
Computational Sciences,
Spring 2023
- Professor: Mohamed Sulman
- Office: Math & Micro room 256
- Email: mohamed.sulman[at]wright.edu
- Lectures: Monday and Wednesday 12:20 pm -- 1:40
pm (room 171 MM)
- Office hours: Monday 3:00 pm -- 4:00 pm or by appointment
- Prerequisite: (CS 1160 or CS 1180 or CEG 2170 or MBE 3540) and MTH 2350 or (MTH 2330 and
MTH 2530) with minimum Grade of D. Students are expected to use Matlab for their computational
assignments, so experience with MATLAB programming is recommended.
- Textbook: Numerical Analysis by Burden and Faires, 10th edition, 2016, Nelson Canada.
- Course Description: This course is an introduction to numerical analysis and scientific com-
puting. Topics include numerical solution of root-finding problem;
interpolation, numerical integration and differentiation; numerical
methods for solving initial value problems; direct
and iterative methods for solving linear
system of equations.
- Homework Assignments: There will be weekly homework
assignment to submitted to the professor at the beginning of the class on the
assigment due date. Students are encouraged to discuss and share general ideas of the homework problems, but you must write your
own solutions and computer programs otherwise it will be considered as an act of academic dishonesty.
- Midterm Exams:
- Midterm 1: Monday 2/20/2023, 12:20 -- 1:40 in room 171 MM.
- Midterm 2: Monday 4/3/2023, 12:20 -- 1:40 in room 171 MM.
- Final Exam: Wednesday 4/26/2023, 12:30 - 2:30.
- Grades: Final grade percentage is calculated as the
best of the schemes:
- Scheme 1
- Class participation 5%
- Homework Assignments 15%
- Midterm Exam 1
25%
- Midterm Exam 2
25%
- Final Exam
30%
- Scheme 2
- Attendance & participation 5%
- Homework Assignments 15%
- Midterm Exam 1
15%
- Midterm Exam 2
15%
- Final Exam
50%
- Grades Scaling: A > = 90 %; B > = 80%; C
>= 70%; D >= 60%; F less than 60% of total points.