MAS2008
Scientific computing

Lecturer:
Neil Strickland

Module information

Arrangements

• There will be one lecture and one lab session each week.
• In lectures, I will often write code live and talk about it. I may also distribute tidier and more complete versions of that code, possibly with associated YouTube videos.
• In the lab sessions, you will be asked to complete various tasks, which will partially overlap with tasks covered in the lecture.
• For some of these tasks, you will be asked to paste code into an online test system. These tests will count for 10% of your grade for the course. There is a page of general instructions which you should read before attempting any tests.
• There will be three assignments, each of which will account for 30% of your overall grade.
• For each assignment, you will be asked to submit a Jupyter notebook containing a mixture of Python code and text with mathematics written in LaTeX (via Markdown).
• Most of the credit will be for intelligent and accurate analysis of relevant mathematical issues and how they interact with software issues. Only a smaller part of the credit will be for the code itself.
• You are welcome to send me email with questions, but you should first read the page asking for help for advice on how to ask questions effectively.

Setting up the environment

Lectures and labs

Assignments