Advanced numerical analysis II
MATH-351
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Welcome to the Advanced Numerical Analysis II Moodle page!
The first lecture is on Monday, September 9, 2024 at 10:15 am in MA A330.
The first exercises session will take place on Friday, September 13, 2024 at 1:15 pm, in GR C001.
Teacher: Marco Picasso
Assistants: Michele Barucca
Contact: michele.barucca@epfl.ch
Office: MA C2 644
Important informations :
- Schedule: Monday 10:15 to 12:00 (lecture, written on board, pictures of the boards will be taken) / Friday 13:15 to 15:00 (exercises)
- Rooms: Lecture: MA A330. Exercises: GR C001
- The final exam will count for 80% of the grade. The other 20% will be given by graded exercises.
- Graded exercises: a weekly graded exercise will be included in the exercise sheet on Mondays, starting on Monday, September 9th (Problem Sheet 1). The class will be divided in three groups (see the file 'Groups for graded exercises' below). Every week, a different group will be asked to upload the graded exercice before the following Monday at 10:00. Each student will have the opportunity to hand 4 exercises over the semester. Each exercise is either passed or failed, notice that you must answer all the questions to pass the exercise. 3 passed exercises (over 4) are needed to get the maximum grade.
- A summary of the course is provided below.
- Examples of Matlab / Octave codes will be provided.
- Course summary (File)
- Pictures of the boards (File)
- The course video (2023) are here (URL)
- Announcements - Q&A forum (Forum)
- Motivation: numerical simulation of the motion of a glacier (File)
- Groups for graded exercises (File)
- Lecture notes Hairer-Wanner-Abdulle (Runge Kutta) (File)
- More about transport: Book Leveque (File)
Exam
The exam will take place from 9.15 to 11.45 in the classroom CO2 the day Jan 14.
Exam Rules:
-No personal notes are allowed;
-Electronic devices (phones, smart watches,calculators, ...) are forbidden;
-Draft paper will be distributed; you are not allowed to take your own;
-Draft sheets won't be corrected.
The exam includes two long exercises on ODEs and elliptic equations and two shorter exercises on parabolic and hyperbolic equations.
September 9 - 13
Graded exercise for GROUP 1.
GROUP 1 must upload the 'Graded exercise' (which is the third exercise in the problem sheet) before Tuesday, September 17 at 10 am.
GROUP 1 must upload the 'Graded exercise' (which is the third exercise in the problem sheet) before Tuesday, September 17 at 10 am.
September 16 - 20
No graded exercise this week. But, there will still be practice hours.
September 23 - 27
Graded exercise for GROUP 2.
GROUP 2 must upload the 'Graded exercise' (which is the ... exercise in the problem sheet) before Monday, September 30 at 10 am.
GROUP 2 must upload the 'Graded exercise' (which is the ... exercise in the problem sheet) before Monday, September 30 at 10 am.
September 30 - October 4
If you are in group 3, do not forget to upload the graded exercise before Monday, October 7 at 10 am.