| Monday 10-11 |
| Tuesday 9-10 |
| Wednesday 1-2 |
| Thursday 10-11 |
| Or by appointment |
| Week | Day | Topic | Reading | Assignments |
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| 8/24 - 8/28 | Monday | Class introduction Using Matlab as a calculator |
Syllabus Gilat Chapter 1 |
HW 1 due 8/31 |
| Wednesday | Scripting, solving basic problems | |||
| Friday | Solving linear systems, more on scripting | Solving linear systems | ||
| 8/31 - 9/5 | Monday | Operations on arrays and matrices | HW 2 due 9/7 Sample project Project 1due 9/12 |
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| Wednesday | ||||
| Friday | Is the world going to end in 2029? |
Apophis daily positions Earth daily positions Apophis hourly positions Earth hourly positions Apophis minutely positions Earth minutely positions Moon minutely positions Writeup with Matlab code |
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| 9/7 - 9/12 | Monday | Iteration | HW 3 due 9/21 (extended to 9/23) | |
| Wednesday | Solving basic differential equations | |||
| Friday | Systems of equations | Project 2 due 10/1 bump.m due 10/1 road.m due 10/1 |
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| 9/21 - 9/26 | Monday | Second order system: two springs | ||
| Wednesday | Project help | Handout on difference equations | ||
| Friday | Estimating derivatives | |||
| 9/28 - 10/2 | Monday | Help on project | ||
| Wednesday | Exam 1 practice problems | |||
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| 10/5 - 10/9 | Monday | Exam I | ||
| Wednesday | While loops | |||
| Friday | If statements | HW 4 due 10/16 | ||
| 10/12 - 10/16 | Monday | More on ifs | Project 3 due 10/24 thrust_c6.m thrust_c11.m mass_c6.m mass_c11.m |
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| 10/19 - 10/23 | Monday | |||
| Wednesday | HW 5 | |||
| Friday | Project 4 due 11/11 |
Wave equation handoutCode follows: string.m rope.m reflection.m transparent.m tubes.m |