MATH 170B, lecture A
Spring 2021
Disclaimer: This is the website of lecture A. Lecture B runs in parallel and is taught by Emmanuel Vavalis. Before continuing on this website, please make sure you are actually enrolled in lecture A.
Announcements
- Final on Wednesday, June 9! The material is everything discussed during this quarter, but with focus on later chapters. The final will be 70 min (60 min working time, 10 min upload time). There will be two windows to take the final: 8-10 am and 5-7 pm (please read the Canvas announcement).
- Quiz 2 on Friday, May 21! The window is 1 pm - 1 am, the quiz time is 30 min. Material: 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 7.1 (essentially lectures 13, 15-21).
- Midterm on Friday, April 30! The window is 6 pm - 8 pm, the exam time is 70 min (60 min working time, 10 min upload time). Material: 3.3, 3.4, 6.1, 6.2 (essentially lectures 8-12).
- Quiz 1 on Friday, April 16! The window is 1 pm - 1 am, the quiz time is 30 min. Material: 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 3.2 (essentially lectures 1-7).
- March 26: Welcome to MATH 170B! Please make sure to read all of the course information on this website before the first lecture on March 29.
Course information
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Course type: This class is completely remote. Lecture, discussion sections and office hours are held via zoom. Recordings of all lectures and discussion sections will be made available to enrolled students. See details in the syllabus.
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Catalog description: Rounding and discretization errors. Calculation of roots of polynomials and nonlinear equations. Interpolation. Approximation of functions.
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Prerequisites: MATH 170A. You should have solid calculus knowledge (there will be proofs), you should know basic programming (as taught in MATH170A). See the syllabus for details.
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Textbook: D. Kincaid and W. Cheney, Numerical Analysis: Mathematics of Scientific Computing, Third Edition. Lecture notes will be available as well. The lecture notes are an addition to the textbook, they do not replace it.
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Piazza: We will be using Piazza for course related questions. Please sign up to join the group.
Instructors
| Name |
Role |
Email |
Section |
Office hour |
| Caroline Moosmüller |
Instructor |
cmoosmueller (at) ucsd (dot) edu |
A00 |
MW 10-11 am
and by appointment |
| Jasper Bird |
TA |
j1bird (at) ucsd (dot) edu |
A03 |
Th 5-6 pm |
| Jiang Wang |
TA |
jiw078 (at) ucsd (dot) edu |
A01, A02 |
M 5-6 pm, Tu 3-4 pm |
Synchronous class meetings
Lectures, discussion sections and office hours will be held synchronously via zoom (links available on
Canvas).
Recordings of all lectures and discussion sections will be made available on Canvas.
Note that all discussion sections cover the same material, so it is enough to join one of the discussion sections.
You may attend the office hours of any and all instructors, regardless of discussion section enrollment.
Attendance is not mandatory, but highly recommended!
| Meeting type |
Instructor |
Date |
Time |
Place |
| Lecture A00 |
Caroline Moosmüller |
MWF |
9-9:50 am |
Zoom LTI PRO tab in Canvas |
| Discussion A01 |
Jiang Wang |
Th |
2-2:50 pm |
Zoom LTI PRO tab in Canvas |
| Discussion A02 |
Jiang Wang |
Th |
3-3:50 pm |
Zoom LTI PRO tab in Canvas |
| Discussion A03 |
Jasper Bird |
Th |
4-4:50 pm |
Zoom LTI PRO tab in Canvas |
| Office hour |
Caroline Moosmüller |
MW |
10-11 am |
Zoom LTI PRO tab in Canvas |
| Office hour |
Jasper Bird |
Th |
5-6 pm |
Zoom LTI PRO tab in Canvas |
| Office hour |
Jiang Wang |
M Tu |
5-6 pm 3-4 pm |
Zoom LTI PRO tab in Canvas |
Lecture notes
Lecture notes will be made available on Canvas under Files.
Homework
There will be weekly homework. See the syllabus for details.
Discussion section problems
Discussion section problems will be posted on Canvas a few days before discussion sections take place. You should try to attempt the problems yourself before joining discussion sections (this will help you solve the homework). Solutions to the problems will also be posted to Canvas afterwards.