As described in the syllabus, you are required to read each section and do a quiz prior to each class.

• The reading assignments are listed below, and must be read prior to class on the date indicated.
• Quizzes based on each reading must be completed on Canvas prior to the beginning of class on the date indicated.

I encourage you to work together on these problems.

## Chapter 1 – Mathematical preliminaries¶

• Introduction to logic, sets, and proofs: read Logic, Sets, and Proofs by D.A. Cox and C.C. McGeoch, due Aug 23
• Section 1.1: Basic Concepts and Taylor’s Theorem, pp. 3-12, due Aug 28
• Section 1.2: Orders of Convergence and Additional Basic Concepts, pp. 15-24, due Aug 30

## Chapter 3 – Solution of nonlinear equations¶

• Section 3.2: Newton’s Method, pp. 81-90, due Sep 4
• Section 3.4: Fixed Points and Functional Iteration, pp. 100-105, due Sep 6

## Chapter 6 – Approximating functions¶

• Section 6.1: Polynomial Interpolation, pp. 308-323, due Sep 13
• Section 6.2: Divided Differences, pp. 327-335, due Sep 18
• Section 6.3: Hermite Interpolation, pp. 338-345, due Sep 20
• Section 6.4: Spline Interpolation, pp. 349-358, due Sep 25
• Section 6.8: Best Approximation: Least-Squares Theory, pp. 392-403, due Oct 2

## Chapter 7 – Numerical differentiation and integration¶

• Section 7.1: Numerical Differentiation and Richardson Extrapolation, pp. 465-476, due Oct 16
• Section 7.2: Numerical Integration Based on Interpolation, pp. 478-488, due Oct 18
• Section 7.3: Gaussian Quadrature, pp. 492-498, due Oct 23