Notes:

• The syllabus is available (in PDF) here.
• Click here to go to the department course webpage on minerva.
• Click here to go to the TAU online course schedule.
• General instructions for the exercises are available (in PDF) here. Each exercise is handed out at the recitation, and is due one week after unless indicated otherwise.
• The slides and notes are posted early, but they are often changed a few hours after the corresponding lecture.
• The best way to make up for a missed lecture is to read the relevant sections of the Numerical Recipes book. However, sometimes the lectures cover topics not presented in the book, and sometimes the lectures cover only a part of a Numerical Recipes section that is listed.
• In the recitations we run C in a Unix environment. At home, it is possible to also use other compilers. For example, a free C compiler in Windows is available here. Some useful information for using this compiler is available here. Note that the Numerical Recipes library routines are not available with this compiler.
• The lecturer is Dr. Rennan Barkana: web page, e-mail: barkana@wise.tau.ac.il, phone: 640-5993, office: Kaplun 111 .
• The TA is Mr. Zvika Shinar (zvikas@vishnu.tau.ac.il, 640-8204).
• The grader is Michael Gerzon, and his email address (for homework submission) is gerzonmi@post.tau.ac.il.
• Final Exam: Feb. 16 (A), Aug. 24 (B).
• Sample Exam
• Final Exercise Grades: Grades (1-12). (Note: Anyone who submitted fewer than 7 exercises out of 12 received a zero)

Lecture #, Date	Topic	Sections in Numerical Recipes	Notes: (PDF)	Exercises: (PDF)
#1: 19/Oct/2004	Introduction, Interpolation	3.0, 3.1	Lecture 1 Notes	Exercise 1 (Due 7AM, Sun. Oct. 31) Note: see above for general exercise instructions. More help for exercise 1 is available here. Also available is a partial solution.
#2: 26/Oct/2004	Spline Interpolation	3.3, 1.2, 1.3	Lecture 2 Notes	Exercise 2 (Due 7AM, Sun. Nov. 7)
#3: 02/Nov/2004	Numerical Errors, Integration	4.0, 4.1, 4.2	Lecture 3 Notes	Exercise 3 (Due 7AM, Sun. Nov. 14) M-files examples from the recitation: func1.m, func2.m, func3.m, example.m M-files for exercise 3: my_func.m, targil3_trapez.m, targil3_it_trapez.m Introduction to Matlab Partial solution for exercise 3: my_func.m, targil3.m, targil3_it_trapez.m
#4: 09/Nov/2004	Romberg Integration	4.3	Lecture 4 Slides Lecture 4 Notes	Exercise 4 (Due 7AM, Sun. Nov. 21) Introduction to Mathematica
#5: 16/Nov/2004	Numerical Derivatives	5.7	Lecture 5 Slides Lecture 5 Notes	Exercise 5 (Due 7AM, Sun. Nov. 28) Exercise 5 binary data file (also, see the help for exercise 1, above) Partial solution for exercise 5: targil5.m
#6: 23/Nov/2004	Systems of Linear Equations	2.0, 2.1	Lecture 6 Slides Lecture 6 Notes	Exercise 6 (NEW: 2 QUESTIONS ONLY: Due 7AM, Sun. Dec. 5) Letter to the class (Please read)
#7: 30/Nov/2004	L-U and Singular Value Decomposition	2.3, 2.6	Lecture 7 Slides Lecture 7 Notes	Exercise 7 (Due 7AM, Wed. Dec. 15) Exercise 7 binary data file Grades (1-4): updated Message from the grader Partial C solution for exercises 6-7: targil6.c Matlab solution for exercise 7: targil7.m (SVD in Matlab)
#8: 07/Dec/2004	Random Numbers	7.0, 7.1 (briefly), 7.3	Lecture 8 Slides Lecture 8 Notes
#9: 14/Dec/2004	More Random Numbers, Roots	7.2, 7.3, 9.0	Lecture 9 Slides Lecture 9 Notes	Exercise 8 (Due 7AM, Sun. Dec. 26) Grades (1-6): updated Partial solution for exercise 8: targil8.m
#10: 21/Dec/2004	Roots, Minima	9.1, 9.4, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2	Lecture 10 Slides Lecture 10 Notes
#11: 28/Dec/2004	Multi-dimensional Minima	10.4, 10.5	Lecture 11 Slides Lecture 11 Notes	Exercise 9 (Due 7AM, Sun. Jan. 2)
#12: 04/Jan/2005	Fourier Transforms	12.0, 12.1, 12.2	Lecture 12 Slides Lecture 12 Notes	Exercise 10 (Due 7AM, Sun. Jan. 9) Grades (1-8): updated C solution for exercise 10: targil10.c Matlab solution for exercise 10: targil10.m Please Fill Out The Computerized Course Survey (2/1 - 22/1) here.
#13: 11/Jan/2005	Ordinary Differential Equations	16.0, 16.1, 16.2	Lecture 13 Slides Lecture 13 Notes	Exercise 11 (Due 7AM, Sun. Jan. 16) A Mathematica example Grades (1-10): updated Partial Matlab solution for exercise 11: targil11.m Please Fill Out The Computerized Course Survey (2/1 - 22/1) here.
#14: 18/Jan/2005	Partial Differential Equations	19.0, 19.1	Lecture 14 Slides Lecture 14 Notes	Exercise 12 (Due 7AM, Sun. Jan. 30) Ex. 12 is now an optional bonus: Details Solution for exercise 12: targil12.c Grades (1-12): Final Summary of material for the exam