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: dcer...@plymouth.edu 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 sage-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en.
