10  Schedule

Warning

This schedule is subject to change.

Here is the planned course schedule: Assignments will be made available on Mondays and due the following Wednesday.

(L = Lecture, P = Problem Class, A = Assignment)

Week #	Date	Topic	Assignments
1	Jan 21	L1: Introduction to Math 5486. Note: no lecture on Jan 19	A1: Notebooks & Prerequisites, Due: Jan 28, 23:59 Read: Section 5.1 and 5.2 up to “Error bounds for Euler” of Burden, Faires, and Burden (2015)
2	Jan 26, 28	Chapter 1: Numerical Methods for Initial Value Problems L2: Basic theory of IVPs L3: Euler’s Method	Read: Section 5.2, 5.3 of Burden, Faires, and Burden (2015)
3	Feb 2, 4	L4: Higher order methods P1: Exercises	A2, Due: Feb 11, 23:59 Read: Sections 5.4, 5.5 of Burden, Faires, and Burden (2015)
4	Feb 9, 11	L5, L6: Runge-Kutta Methods	Read: TBC
5	Feb 16, 18	Chapter 2: Iterative Methods in Matrix Algebra L7: Reminders on matrix analysis, direct methods, condition numbers, … L8: Jacobi & Gauss-Seidel methods	A3 Due: Feb 25, 23:59
6	Feb 23, 25	P2: Exercises, L9: Krylov subspace methods I	Read: TBC
7	Mar 2, 4	L10, L11: Krylov subspace methods II	Note: no assignment - revise for midterm instead!
.	.	Note: Spring break, no lectures	.
8	Mar 16, 18	P3: Revision Session, Midterm Exam	Read: TBC
9	Mar 23, 25	Chapter 3: Finite Differences for Boundary Value Problems L12: Reminders and theory L13: BVP I	A4 Due: Apr 1, 23:59
10	Mar 30, Apr 1	L14, L15: BVP II	Read: TBC
11	Apr 6, 8	P4: Exercises, Chapter 4: Numerical Solution to PDEs L16: Reminders and overview	A5 Due: Apr 15, 23:59
12	Apr 13, 15	L17, L18: PDE I	Read: TBC
13	Apr 20, 22	L19, L20: PDE II	A6 Due: Apr 29, 23:59
14	Apr 27, 29	Presentations	Read: TBC
15	May 4	P5: Revision Session Note: no lecture on May 6	.
.	May 11	Final Exam	.

10.1 Important dates

Please see Spring 2026 Calendar for important dates.

Burden, Richard L., Douglas J. Faires, and Annette M. Burden. 2015. Numerical Analysis. 10th ed. CENGAGE Learning.