DATE	TOPIC	READING/ASSIGNMENTS DUE
03/09	Introduction, policies, course objectives, using the VIDE/Borland C++ programming environment	Notes
03/11	C++ Constants and data types	pp. 1-12
03/14	C++ variables	pp. 13-17
03/16	Program input and output	pp. 18-22 (Program 1 due)
03/18	C++ expressions	pp. 24-27
03/21	Selection program structures	pp. 27-30
03/23	Repetition program structures	pp. 30-33 (Program 2 due)
03/25	EASTER RECESS
03/28	EASTER RECESS
03/30	NO CLASS
04/01	Functions	pp. 36-38
04/04	Passing function arguments	pp. 38-39
04/06	Truncation and roundoff error	pp. 45-50
04/08	EXAM #1 (Click here to check out a practice exam for your reference.)	(Program 3 due)
04/11	Roots of nonlinear equations	pp. 52-59
04/13	Newton's method	pp. 59-65
04/15	C++ classes in numerical methods	pp. 68-85
04/18	Back and forward substitution	pp. 86-89
04/20	Gauss elimination	pp. 89-98 (Program 4 due)
04/22	LU decomposition	pp. 98-111
04/25	Nonlinear simultaneous equations	pp. 111-115
04/27	Polynomials and interpolation	pp. 120-127 (Program 5 due)
04/29	EXAM #2
05/02	Spline interpolation	pp. 127-129
05/04	Least squares curve fitting	pp. 129-136
05/06	Newton-Cotes quadrature	pp. 138-148 (Program 6 due)
05/09	Romberg quadrature	pp. 148-151
05/11	Introduction to ODEs	pp. 152-156
05/13	ODE initial value problems	pp. 150-168 (Program 7 due)
05/16	ODE boundary value problems	pp. 168-173
05/18	Review	NOTES
05/20	EXAM #3	(Program 8 due)