Dates
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Topic
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Reading
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Assignment
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8/27
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Getting Started with
Python
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1.1-1.4, D.1-D.4 |
HW #1 due 8/29
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8/29
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Data structures in Python
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2.1-2.3
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HW #2 due 9/3
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9/3
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Programming: scripts,
branching, looping |
3.3, 3.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.5
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HW #3 due 9/5 |
9/5
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Importing, exporting, and
plotting data
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4.1-4.3, A.2.2
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HW #4 due 9/10
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9/10
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Matrices and Gaussian
elimination
|
LA 2.1
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HW #5 due 9/12
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9/12
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Gaussian
elimination in Python
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6.1
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HW #6
due 9/17
|
9/17
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Elementary
row operations as matrices, the inverse of a matrix,
factorization, and sets of solutions
|
LA 2.3, 2.5
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HW #7
due 9/19
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9/19
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Vectors and vector spaces
|
LA 1.2, 4-4.4, 5.1-5.2
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HW #8 due 9/26
Test cases
|
9/24
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Linear operators and basis
vectors
|
LA 6.1, 6.3, 6.4, 10.0, 7.1
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HW #9 due 10/1 |
9/26
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Matrices, their inverses,
and determinants
|
LA 7.3, 7.5, 8-8.2, 8.4, 10.2
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HW #10 due 10/3
|
10/1
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Image processing and
display |
6.3, 6.4, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1
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|
10/3
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Finding
your roots |
|
HW #11
due 10/17 |
10/8
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Review for exam #1 |
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Practice exam #1 |
10/10
|
Exam #1 |
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10/15
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Linear fits |
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HW #12 due 10/29 |
10/17
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continued |
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10/22
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continued |
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10/24
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Non-linear fits |
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HW #13 due 10/31 |
10/29
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continued |
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10/31
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Eigenvalues and
eigenvectors
Practice |
LA 12-12.3, 13-13.3 |
HW #14 due 11/5
|
11/5
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Orthonormal bases,
diagonalizing symmetric matrices |
LA 14-14.3, 15 |
HW #15 due 11/12 |
11/7
|
Machine learning
(Jacob click here)
|
Netflix
recommendations
|
|
11/12
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Coupled oscillators |
|
Practice exam #2
|
11/14
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Review for exam #2 |
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11/19
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Exam #2 |
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| 11/21 |
Numerical integration
|
6.7 |
HW #16 due 12/5 |
| 11/25-29 |
Thanksgiving vacation |
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12/3
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Numerical solution of
differential equations |
6.8
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HW #17 due 12/10 |
12/5
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Graphical
user interfaces in Python
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|
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12/10
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Particle in Cell (PIC) plasma simulations
(future Dr. Beving) |
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12/12
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Object oriented
programming in Python
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