Announcements
- 04/09: Quiz 9 is re-issued as a take-home assignment due Monday, April 13th. Please re-do the quiz and re-submit on Monday; as always, justify all steps. Also, take a look at Quiz 7 and Quiz 8 solutions if you haven't done so already.
- 03/13: Additional reading section with an extrc credit assignment has been added. Quiz 6 and its solutions were posted.
- 02/27: Please see the newly-posted curve length example! Also, Quiz 5 and its solutions were posted.
- 02/20: HW4 solution and HW5 have been posted, as well as Quiz4 and its solutions.
Important: read the solution to problem 3! Too many people got this problem wrong. - 02/08: HW3 solution, Matlab extra credit 1 solution, Quiz 3, its solutions and HW4 have been posted.
- 02/05: Clarification and hint for HW3 have been added. Please see the updated HW3.
- 02/03: Quiz 2 and HW 2 solutions have been posted.
- 01/27: MATLAB Extra Credit Problem 1 has been posted; useful links have been added.
Additional reading
- A Paper of Interest - one quiz worth of extra credit for reading, understanding and submitting a brief report (please try doing the calculation in the end of the paper).
Quizzes and homework
MATLAB examples
Examples from the lab:| curvelength.m | Plotting a parametric curve and numerically computing its length |
| step_size_importance.m | Illustrates why picking a small step size is important |
| mandelbrot.m | Draws the Mandelbrot fractal |
| sierp.m | Draws the Sierpinski triangle |
| sierp_better.m | Draws the Sierpinski triangle in a better way |
| dragon.m | Draws the Dragon curve |
| game_of_life.m | Plays Conway's game of Life |
| cycloida.m | Draws a nice cycloida curve |
| curveplot_anim.m | Draws an animated curve in 3-dimensional space |
| anim_plot.m | Draws an animated surface plot |
| a_3d_line_plot.m | Draws a plot of a curve in 3-space |
| a_3d_surface_plot.m | Draws a plot of a hyperbolic paraboloid |
| approximate_pi.m | Approximates Pi with square roots |
Useful Links
- Professor's course webpage
- TAMU Calclabs
- MATLAB alternatives: