cs249 lecture notes, Fall 2001
Week 8, Monday

Exam Thursday


Exam Review
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Physical models, numerical methods, MATLAB programming



Physical models
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Formulate a model of a system.

Identify reasonable simplifications.

    (and remember to check them at the end)

Understand sources of error, and estimate their effect.

Be prepared to use trigonometry, calculus, etc.

    For example, minimize a function by finding roots
    of its derivative.


Numerical methods
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Floating-point arithmetic

    (understand round-off error)

Newton's method

    (and the secant method)

Recursive generation of fractals.

Euler's method


MATLAB programming
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MATLAB functions

Local variables and workspaces

Loops

Printing and displaying values and strings

Conditions

Arrays

Functions that operate on arrays

Plotting