MAE 290A Numerical Algebra & ODE Simulation

• Average Rating: 7.0
• Average Grading: 8.0
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  2023

  Fall

• Professor: Harsh Sharma
• Rating: 7/10
• Grading: 8/10
• Loading: 7/10
• Grade:
  • Avg: 3.41
  • A+: 20.0%
  • A: 15.0%
  • A-: 20.0%
  • B+: 10.0%
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• Reason for Taking this Course: Interest
• Grading Structure:
  • HW: 40%
  • MT1: 25%
  • Final: 35%
• Course Content:
  Fundamental concepts in numerical linear algebra. Fundamental matrix decompositions: LU, Cholesky, QR, Eigen, Schur, Jordan, SVD; how to compute them. Solution of large linear systems via iterative methods (Lanczos, Arnoldi, CG, GMRES). Stability of algorithms and conditioning of mathematical problems. Finite precision arithmetic and roundoff issues.
• Review:
  老師上課用平板寫筆記，口音有點重，字很醜，教的不是很好。作業只有四次，大部分是MATLAB的coding題目，不會很難。缺點是考試都是考推導，而且是closed book，跟作業內容差蠻多的，所以考試不容易準備。期中班平均不高，期末考老師有放水所以考比較簡單。沒有調分。