On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Brad Burkman <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm looking for a text for a Numerical Analysis course I'm proposing. > I saw Dana Ernst's post two years ago, and wonder what the field is > like today.
Just curious, do mean a standard number crunching course or more of a mathematical computation course? > > I expect to have eight to twelve students. Some will have had Linear > and/or DiffEq, but I want to open it to anyone who's had Calc II. > > For programming, the students will have had a semester of either C++ > or Python, probably not both, so a text that a student could use in > either language would be ideal. A text that explicitly incorporates > Sage would be great. > > I'd prefer a text that points out opportunities for parallel > computation. We have a LittleFe cluster for the classroom, and > students can get accounts on the LONI network. We plan to build Sage > on our cluster. > > "Free" would be best, but not essential if something fabulous is out > there. > > The course will be "terminal" in that it would not be a prerequisite > for any other course at our high school, so the topics and depth are > flexible. > > Suggestions? Comments? Pearls of Wisdom? > > Brad > > Brad Burkman > Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
