MCS 471 Exam 2 Information

Note: Room change for exam ----- F3 LC

1. Chapter 2 - Solving Sets of Equations
   1. Direct Methods - Gaussian elimination and LU decomposition
   2. norms and condition numbers
   3. iterative methods - Jacobi and Gauss-Seidel
   4. systems of nonlinear equations
   5. power method for eigenvalue problems - pg. 543-545
2. Chapter 3 - Interpolation
   1. Lagrangian polynomials
   2. divided differences and Newton form polynomial
   3. error of interpolation
   4. cubic splines

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