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CMPUT 340 Schedule

Introduction
Lecture 1 Introduction to Continuous Computing Tues Jan 9
Lecture 2 Representing real numbers Thur Jan 11
Lecture 3 Approximation and error Tues Jan 16
Part 1 Constraint satisfaction
Lecture 4 Solving linear systems 1 Thur Jan 18
Lecture 5 Solving linear systems 2 Tues Jan 23
Lecture 6 Solving linear systems 3 Thur Jan 25
Lecture 7 Solving nonlinear systems 1 Tues Jan 30
Lecture 8 Solving nonlinear systems 2 Thur Feb 1
Break Fri Feb 2 A1 due
Part 2 Optimization
Lecture 9 1-dimensional optimization Tues Feb 13
Lecture 10 Unconstrained optimization 1 Thur Feb 15
Reading Week
Lecture 11 Unconstrained optimization 2 Tues Feb 27
Lecture 12 Unconstrained optimization 3 Thur Mar 1
Fri Mar 2 A2 due
Lecture 13 Constrained optimizaton 1 Tues Mar 6
Thur Mar 8 Midterm
Part 3 Function estimation
Lecture 14 Interpolation Tues Mar 13
Lecture 15 Least squares linear approximation 1 Thur Mar 15
Lecture 16 Least squares linear approximation 2 Tues Mar 20
Lecture 17 Least squares linear approximation 3 Thur Mar 22
Lecture 18 Least squares nonlinear approximation Tues Mar 27
Wed Mar 28 A3 due
Lecture 19 Data analysis: Dimensionality reduction Thur Mar 29
Part 4 Dynamical systems
Lecture 20 Ordinary differential equations 1 Tues Apr 3
Lecture 21 Ordinary differential equations 2 Thur Apr 5
Lecture 22 Ordinary differential equations 3 Tues Apr 10
Lecture 23 Partial differential equations 1 Thur Apr 12 A4 due
Thur Apr 19 Final 9am, ETLE2-002