MATH 445: Mathematics and Applications with Matlab
Lecture: Tue, Thu 8:40-9:30am Kingsbury S145
Lab section 1: Tue, Thu 9:40-11:00am Kingsbury N139
Lab section 2: Tue, Thu 11:10-12:30am Kingsbury N139
Instructor: John Gibson. Office hours: M 3:30-4:30pm, W 2:30-3:30pm, N309E Kingsbury Hall
Teaching Assistant: Jamie Spears. Office hours: M 12-1:30 and W 11-12:30, W348 Kingsbury Hall
Prerequisite: Math 418 or equivalent.
Recommended Text: Matlab: A Practical Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving, S. Attaway, any edition.
Additional References: Numerical Computing with Matlab, C. Moler; and
Experiments with Matlab, C. Moler.
Download Matlab: UNH academic software (note: requires network license via UNH VPN)
Policies on grades, homeworks, labs, exams, etc.
Course outline and schedule.
Example of what to turn in for a lab question
| lecture | topic | reading in Attaway text |
| Tue 01/20 | matlab basics | 1.1-4 |
| Thu 01/22 | types, logical operations | 1.6 |
| Thu 01/29 | vectors and matrices | 2.1 |
| Tue 02/03 | linear algebra | |
| Thu 02/05 | dot syntax and plotting | |
| Thu 02/12 | graphical data analysis | |
| Tue 02/17 | user-defined functions | |
| Thu 02/19 | fprintf, for loops | |
| lab | due | topic |
| lab1 | Thu 01/22 | matlab basics |
| lab2 | Tue 02/03 | vectors and matrices |
| lab3 | Thu 02/05 | linear algebra |
| lab4 | Thu 02/12 | dot syntax, plotting |
| lab5 | Tue 02/17 | graphical data analysis |
| lab6 | Tue 02/24 | writing functions |
| lab7 | Thu 03/05 | Newton search |
| lab8 | Thu 03/12 | Google Page Rank |
| lab9 | Thu 03/31 | Presidential election |
| lab10 | Thu 04/09 | 3D graphics |
| lab11 | Tue 04/21 | Rain falls on Monte Sol |
| lab12 | Tue 04/28 | tick tock, the pendulum clock |
| lab13 | Fri 05/01 | home run (turn in as HW3) |
| homework | due | topic | solutions |
| hw1 | Tue 01/27 | matlab basics | |
| hw2 | Tue 02/24 | vectors, matrices, plotting | |
| hw3 | Fri 05/01 | home run | |
