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

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