2025 Fall MATH 437: Princples of Numerical Analysis

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Homework Instructions

As per the syllabus, homework assignments are due on Tuesday's at 3:55pm before class.

Theoretical Questions

For answers to theoretical questions, please either:

  • handwrite your answers neatly, with complete sentences, and with sufficiently dark pencil or pen, or
  • type your answers with complete sentences and valid mathematical notation.

Please print your answers to the theoretical questions and physically turn them in to the professor on the due date.

Programming Questions

The programming questions should be answered by filling in the provided template notebooks, either in Google Colab or in an offline Jupyter Notebook. You may use alternative programming languages, and you may use an alternative to an interactive notebook to compute your answers. However, please note the following.

  1. You must submit the output of your code, and you must submit your discussion as required by the programming questions. I will not compile or run any source code that you send me. No output means no answer.
  2. The output of your code should be in the same format as provided by the code template. If you are missing output, you will not gain those points.
  3. I will only help you debug your code if you use the provided template, or if your implementation is sufficiently close to the one in the template.
  4. The discussions should be short: no more than a few sentences per question. They will be graded for completion. The code output will be graded for correctness.

Please submit your answers to the programming questions by either:

  • printing your notebook, ensuring that all code and output is visible, and turning it in, with your answers to the theoretical questions, to the professor;
  • sharing your notebook with me through Google Colab; or
  • emailing your notebook to me.

In all cases, your answers to the theoretical questions and the programming questions are due at the same time.

Late Work

Also, as per the syllabus, you may submit homework up to 48 hours late, i.e. by Thursday 3:55pm before class. There is an automatic 10% deduction for late work. You must speak with the professor if you need to submit late work past 48 hours. I cannot grant extensions. Any work turned in after the extension period will receive a 0.

Late answers to the theoretical questions may be physically submitted to me on Wednesdays during lab or to the professor on Thursdays before class. Late answers to the programming questions may be physically submitted to me on Wednesdays during lab, physically submitted to the professor on Thursdays before class, or electronically submitted to me before Thursday 3:55pm using one of the methods above.

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