Undoubtedly, Jason mentioned Stephen Pav's numerical analysis text, which is open-source. You could translate the examples from Octave to Sage....
Discussion Group: http://groups.google.com/group/numas_text Source: http://bitbucket.org/shabbychef/numas_text/ Rob On Feb 7, 8:11 am, Dana Ernst <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm almost hesitate to ask this question on here in fear of being overwhelmed > with responses:) > > (Jason Grout has already heard me ask similar questions to those that follow, > so I apologize to him in advance.) > > I'll be teaching a Numerical Analysis course for the first time in a year and > the plan is to use Sage throughout the course. I'm new to Sage and I'm > hoping that between now and then, I'll be proficient enough to do this. I've > never taught a numerical analysis course, and surprisingly, I've never taken > one either. (What a better way to learn than to teach it!) > > I'm curious if people have suggestions on textbooks that you think are > particularly well-suited (or not well-suited) for using Sage. > > I'm also doing the finishing touches on a master course syllabi that needs to > be approved by our department and university (due Tuesday!). One of the last > things that I need is a general outline/schedule of the form: > > Topic A (2 weeks) > Topic B (1 week) > Topic C (3 weeks) > etc. > > Having never taught the course, this is difficult to produce. I would love > it if people would be willing to provide a sample outline that may correspond > to your textbook suggestion. > > Here are some other potentially useful nuggets of information: > > 1. This is an undergraduate course. > 2. The prerequisites are Calculus II and Linear Algebra. > 3. The course is a terminal course (there is not a second semester version > of the course and it is not the prerequisite for any other courses). > 4. The students will consist of mostly mathematics majors and a few computer > science majors. > 5. Most of the students will have no programming knowledge prior to the > course. However, those that have had me for Calculus II and Abstract Algebra > will (in theory) have had some experience with Sage. > > Thanks in advance. > > Dana Ernst, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor > Department of Mathematics > Plymouth State University > MSC 29, 17 High Street > Plymouth, NH 03264-1595 > > Email: [email protected] > Web Page:http://oz.plymouth.edu/~dcernst > Office: Hyde 312 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en.
