AMS 010 – Fall 2008
NEWS:
10-15: Provisional final scores and
grades are published below.
Table for final grades:
F: final score and final exam <50%.
D: (50%<
final exam <60%) or (final score > 50%).
C: (final exam >= 60%) and ( 60% <= final score <65%).
C+: (final exam >= 60%) and ( 65% <= final score <69.5%).
B-: (final exam >= 60%) and
(69.5% <= final
score <74.5%).
B: (final exam >= 60%) and
(74.5% <= final
score <79.5%).
B+: (final exam >= 60%) and
(79.5% <= final
score <84.5%).
A-: (final exam >= 60%) and
(84.5% <= final
score <89.5%).
A: (final exam >= 60%) and
(89.5% <= final
score <94.5%).
A+: (final exam >= 60%) and
(94.5% <= final score =<100%).
10-10: Bruno’s has just looked at
the MATLAB question in the test and is happy to say that no one needs to do an
extra test on MATLAB. You all did well on that
question!
12-9: The solutions to the practice
final have been corrected: questions 1-b), 4a) and b) and 5a).
12-9: You’ll forgive us if we
cannot answer questions by email because of all our own commitments at the end
of this quarter. Bruno will be glad to help during tonight’s extra office
hour.
12-6: One of your colleagues is
organizing review sessions at the Science Library Group study rooms (the
specific room number will be posted on the board in the lobby) from 3-5pm
everyday up until the Tuesday prior to the final.
12-5: Solutions to the practice exam are available
below. Please let us know if you find any typos or silly mistakes on it.
12-5: Beth has graciously agreed to
change her office hour from Monday to Sunday from 2pm to 3pm. Bruno will now
hold two extra office hours: one on Monday from 7 to 8pm and another on Tuesday
from 7:15pm to 8:15pm (all start in his office with the possibility of moving
to Jack’s Lounge if there’s a lot of people).
12-4: Homework problems from Section
7.3 are optional; check list below.
12-4: Bruno will hold an extraordinary
office hour this coming Tuesday from 7:15pm to 8:15pm. Beth will hold an
extraordinary office hour on Monday from 1 to 2pm.
12-4: Just added an important question
to the practice final.
12-2: Practice final exam is available
below. Solutions will be available in the next few days.
11-28: Let us remind you that below you
will find a list of corrections to some typos in the book (including a
correction to problem 6 in section 6.3).
11-26: Check the changes to the list of
problems due today. Please be advised that next week’s homework will be
heavier than usual, so it’s a good idea to work on sections 6.3 and 6.4
as soon as possible.
11-20: It was just brought to
Bruno’s attention that one of the graded questions for last week’s
homework was about finding eigenvalues and
eigenvectors of a matrix (problem 36 of
section 8.5), of course this was asking too much of you, so all the students
will get 5 points added to their homework scores.
11:20: Great resource for engineering
students; get prepared for exciting jobs and apply for internships at:
http://www2.ucsc.edu/careers/jobs/slugquest.html
11-13: The solutions to the midterm are
posted on the glass-case above the drop-off boxes until Monday (then the
solutions to this week’s homework will be posted).
11-6: Last minute change to the
homework set. We’re moving section 5.2 to next week’s homework set.
11-6: From now on we will start
tracking which students solve the MATLAB homework problems. If a student
doesn’t complete any MATLAB problems and can’t answer the MATLAB
problems in the final exam, he/she will have to pass an extra MATLAB exam in
order to pass AMS10. A list of student’s numbers that fall under these
conditions will be posted on this website one day after the final exam and the
extra MATLAB exam will take place between 1 and 2 days after the final exam.
11-4: Midterm scores are available
below; students are encouraged to look carefully at their tests to see where
they can improve their preparation.
10-30: There’s an errata for the
hardcover version of the book, check link below.
10-29: If you qualify for classroom
accommodations because of a disability, please get an Accommodation
Authorization from the Disability Resource Center (DRC) and submit it to me in
person outside of class (e.g., office hours). Contact DRC at 459-2089 (voice),
459-4806 (TTY), or http://drc.ucsc.edu for more information on the requirements
and/or process.
10-29: The homework list has been
updated.
10-24: Starting today, we’ll
update a file below with simple examples on the use of some common functions in
MATLAB. This does not preclude the use of the help files of MATLAB.
10-24: Extra office hour led by Bruno this Monday from 7:15pm to 8:15pm
(room 141 or Jack’s Lounge depending on how many people come over).
10-23: I forgot to update the homework
list last Tuesday; I had to change it obviously (we barely covered section 3.2
in class), so please check the new homework list below.
10-17: Accessing MATLAB from home. Read
carefully the instructions at
http://www.ic.ucsc.edu/services/virtual_computer_labs/.
10-17: An optional book for Linear
Algebra which Bruno likes very much (it’s not the main book for this
class simply because it doesn’t have complex numbers and a MATLAB
component): Linear Algebra and its
applications David Lay,
Addison Wesley, 3rd edition, 2003. I believe you can find it in the Science
Library.
10-15: Slight update on homework list.
Please check below.
10-12: Beth agreed to hold a second
weekly office hour on Mondays from 1 to 2pm. I believe that now you have
someone to talk to every day of the week (check the MSI site – link below
- for their times); so now it’s up to you to keep us busy!
10-12: The list of homework problems
now has some problems that are downgraded to just “Recommended” -marked
(r)-, this means that you should just try to work on them before the next exam
(just remember that they are still important in order to help you understand
the concepts). See list below.
10-10: Bruno is noticing a fantastic
effort from almost all the students, and we can’t ask more from you.
Bruno will review the list of homework problems for the next weeks to see if we
can lighten your workload a bit (maybe by downgrading some problems to
“recommended problems” that you should do only if you have the
time).
10-10: Don’t rush your homework
just to make it to the 5pm deadline today; remember what Bruno said: it’s
better to do the problems properly and slowly than to rush it just make the 5pm
deadline. Bruno will curve all homework scores at the end of the quarter and he
will not let homework scores affect your final score negatively: in homework, your main goal is to understand what the
problems are trying to teach you (and sometimes it simply might
take more than 5 or 7 days to get it). Keep working, calmly and steady; you can
do it and you can count on our help; the more you work the more we will match
it with extra help.
10-10: Detailed instructions to get the
free MATLAB emulator Octave: For windows computers go to http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2888&package_id=40078 click on
"Octave 3.0.1 for Windows Installer" and follow the instructions. For
other computers go to http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/download.html and
choose the appropriate link. Remember that some functions that work on MATLAB
might not yet be implemented on Octave.
10-9: The best advice we can give you for
the whole quarter: get one or two colleagues to work together on the
homework; two or three heads can remember trig functions better than one, for
instance! Also, Bruno is adding tips to some homework problems in the list of
problems where he predicts you might need some help too, so check the list of
homework periodically.
10-9: There’s a small
introductory manual for MATLAB available below.
10-7: We are trying to get an MSI
session on Thursday right after class. Come to class for more news about this.
10-7: Appendix A in the book has some
very useful introduction to MATLAB.
10-6: Please remember that Bruno has a
second office hour on Tuesdays at 4:30pm and Beth has an office hour on Fridays
at 10am at her office Baskin 142.
10-3: A book was left on reserve
yesterday at the Science Library and it should be available to students in the
next couple of days.
10-2: There’s a free emulator of
MATLAB on the web. Just search for ‘Octave’.
9-30: Notice small adjustments to the
list of homework problems.
9-30: A PDF version of Chapter 8 of
the book is available below for the students who couldn’t get a book yet.
9-30: As some of you have already
noticed, we have a new TA, Elizabeth Pacheco.
9-17: WELCOME TO AMS10- Mathematical Methods for
Engineers I! In the next few days this web site will be updated with
information about the class. The most important thing now is letting you know
which book is going to be used: Linear
Algebra for Engineers and Scientists using MATLAB, Kenneth Hardy, ISBN 0-13-906728-0. We will start the course with chapter 8
- Complex Numbers.
Handouts
- Class information and syllabus.
- Course calendar.
- Map to help
you find Jack’s Lounge.
- Chapter
8 of Hardy’s book.
- Chapter
1 of Hardy’s book.
- Errata for
first printing of Hardy’s book.
- Homework list.
- Homework, quizzes and midterm scores.
- MATLAB files needed for problems in section 1.1 of Hardy’s book (guass.m and rrefmovie.m). Save these files in your home directory and you can use them as you use nay other command in MATLAB.
- MATLAB introductory manual.
- List of simple examples of MATLAB functions.
General Class Information
NEWSGROUP – inactive
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-7:45pm, Thim Lecture 001.
Tu 9:00AM 11:00AM Soc Sci 1 135
We 10:00AM 12:00PM Soc Sci 1 135
Th 9:30AM 11:30AM Soc Sci 1 135
Associated Lab:
MATLAB Labs are held during sections.
Name: Bruno Mendes (mendes@ams.ucsc.edu)
Phone: ___
Office: Baskin 141
Instructor Office Hours:
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:30-5:30pm
Teaching Assistant(s):
Name: Beth Pacheco (bethp@soe.ucsc.edu)
Phone: ___
Office: Baskin 142
Office Hours:
Mondays, from 1 to 2pm, Baskin 142
Fridays, from 10-11am, Baskin 142