Math 480a Spring 2008 Schedule
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VIDEO: High Resolution Video Files; there is also streaming Google Video for most lectures with links from the corresponding lecture below.
1. Computing with Sage
Monday, March 31 |
Introduction to Sage; Overview of the course (video posted) |
Wednesday, April 2 |
Installing and using Sage: the command line, notebook, and interfaces (video posted) |
Friday, April 4 |
Python: Lists, Tuples, Strings, Dictionaries and Sets (video posted) |
Monday, April 7 |
Python: Error/Exception Handling and Classes (video posted) |
Wednesday, April 9 |
Cython: Compiled Python (video posted) |
Friday, April 11 |
Profiling Sage Code (video posted) |
Monday, April 14 |
Debugging Sage Code (video posted) |
2. Algebraic Computing
Wednesday, April 16 |
Groups, rings, and fields (video posted) |
Friday, April 18 |
Prime numbers and integer factorization (video posted) |
Monday, April 21 |
Distributed Factoring Demo; Some Public-key Cryptography (video posted) |
Wednesday, April 23 |
Matrix algebra (video posted) |
Friday, April 25 |
Linear algebra (video posted) |
Monday, April 28 |
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Wednesday, April 30 |
Combinatorics, part 2 (take-home midterm) |
Friday, May 2 |
Graph Theory (Robert Miller) (take-home midterm due; special guest Robert Miller) |
Monday, May 5 |
Coding Sprint! |
3. Scientific Computing
Wednesday, May 7 |
Floating point numbers (video posted) |
Friday, May 9 |
Floating point and interval arithmetic (video posted) |
Monday, May 12 |
Single variable root finding and optimization (video posted) |
Wednesday, May 14 |
Multivariable root finding and optimization (video posted) |
Friday, May 16 |
Project discussion; coding sprints |
Monday, May 19 |
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Wednesday, May 21 |
4. Statistical Computing
(May 26 is Memorial Day)
Friday, May 23 |
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Monday, May 26 |
NO CLASS |
Wednesday, May 28 |
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Friday, May 30 |
Wrap Up: Student Projects
Monday, June 2 |
7-Minute Student Presentations |
Wednesday, June 4 |
7-Minute Student Presentations |
Friday, June 6 |
7-Minute Student Projects Presentations |