Numerical Mathematics (NMAI042) — Practicals (Summer Semester 2020/2021)
This class will focus on numerical analysis for computer science students.
In order to get course-credit for the practicals it is necessary to accrue 12 11 points. Points will be awarded for:
- submitting exercises from practicals via email to congreve[at]karlin.mff.cuni.cz (1 point per practical providing at least 50% of problems are attempted),
- MATLAB homeworks (maximum 2 points per homework, four homeworks per semester),
- an online written examination (maximum 12 points); one additional attempt allowed.
MATLAB
For this course you will require access to a MATLAB installation. The university has a Total Academic Headcount MATLAB license, which allows you to install MATLAB locally on your machine (Windows, macOS, or Linux). Alternatively, with this license you can use MATLAB Online, which allows you to access a (lightweight) instance of MATLAB directly in your web browser; this should be sufficient for this course.
In order to install MATLAB locally, or access MATLAB Online, you must register for a MathWorks account using an email address ending with cuni.cz. Detailed instructions are available at cuni.cz/UKEN-1270.html.
Alternatively, you can use the free open source Octave application (in Windows, macOS, Linux, and BSD). The syntax and functions are mostly compatible with MATLAB (at least for the level we will be considering for this course).
The following notes provide a brief introduction to MATLAB:
Practicals
- Tuesday 14:00 – 15:30, Online via Zoom (Recordings/Notes), or
- Wednesday 14:00 – 15:30, Online via Zoom (Recordings/Notes)
Due to the current Covid-19 restrictions the teaching will be online only via Zoom. Details on how to connect to the Zoom meeting will be emailled directly to all registered users (using the email address registered in SIS). If you have not received this email please contact me directly at congreve[at]karlin.mff.cuni.cz.