Math 5485

Welcome!

These are the lecture notes for Math 5485, Fall 2025. I encourage you to download and play around with the jupyter files available at github.

Please refer to the syllabus for information on the course.

Use the links on the side or navigate by chapter:

• Chapter 0: Introduction to Math 5485
• Chapter 1: An Introduction to Numerical Analysis,
• Chapter 2: Solving Nonlinear Equations in 1d,
• Chapter 3: Polynomial Interpolation,
• Chapter 4: Numerical Integration.
• Chapter 5: Linear systems of equations.
• Next: Please see Math 5486 for the lecture notes for Part II of the course.

Use this form to report any errors in the notes or make suggestions for content to add/remove.

Presentation Prize:

Congratulations to Efosa Owie for winning the best presentation prize for his talk on “Cubic Spline Interpolation”

Efosa collecting his prize

(The best presentation was voted for by the class)