Introduction to Scientific Computing and Data Analysis, 2nd Ed by Mark H. Holmes

Contact Information

Mark H. Holmes
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180 USA
holmes (@rpi.edu)

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Handouts

The enclosed pages are formula summaries from the textbook. The conditions and/or requirements for each formula are not stated (for these you should refer to the relevant section in the text). Also, not every notable formula from the respective chapter is included (only the ones that are easiest to summarize).

Extras

MATLAB and Data Files

The following zipped folders contain most of the computer codes and data files used to produce the figures and tables in the textbook, organized by chapter. Each should download automatically when you click on it.

MATLAB Version     Python Version

Data Sets and Exercises

The following zipped folder contains data files for several exercises in the textbook, along with additional exercises involving particular data sets. It should download automatically when you click on it.

The Folder

Sample Courses

Below are links to web-pages similar to those I use to create for courses I taught (I stopped doing this when RPI started firewalling our servers). The first course (MATH-4800) is an introduction to scientific computing, and the second (MATH-4840) is a course on numerical linear algebra and data analysis. What is provided is only meant to be an illustration on how the text can be used. Also, the topics for the last third of each course can vary from year to year.

4800
4840   Syllabus,  HW1,  HW2,  HW3,  HW4,  HW5,  HW6  pic1  pic2

Tutorials and Help Files for MATLAB

There are many tutorials and quick reference guides for MATLAB on the web. The following is a short list of those that should be the most helpful.

MathWorks
Tutorials and learning resources maintained by MathWorks.
MATLAB
MATLAB Basic Functions Reference.
MATLAB Quick Reference
A list by Jialong He
MATLAB Commands and Functions
A list by Brian Vick, Mechanical Engineering Department, Virginia Tech