Assignment Schedule

Below is the tentative MATAB project schedule along with links to the assignments when they are available:

MATLAB Project 1 Due: W 10/4

MATLAB Project 2 Due: W 10/25

MATLAB Project 3 Due: W 11/15

MATLAB Project 4 Due: M 12/11

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About MATLAB

The use of the MATLAB software package will be an important element in this course. You will use MATLAB to numerically and symbolically, to plot and visualize functions and direction fields, analyzing behavior and mathematical properties of such objects in a quantitative and qualitative manor.

The use of MATLAB will be done entirely outside of the lecture. Students will be responsible for completing these assignments on their own using an up-to-date version of MATLAB. The MATLAB assignments will be listed in the assignment schedule below.

Software

MATLAB software is available from various sources on campus. The latest version can be downloaded by students for free from UMD's terpware website.

There are also many computer lab locations around campus with access to MATLAB. The closest such location is in the math OWL Lab in MATH 0203.

Students also have to option to run MATLAB through the engineering department's Virtual lab.

Submitting Your MATLAB Assignment

To complete a MATLAB assignment, you should create one m-file and create a MATLAB cell in the m-file for each problem in the order that they were assigned. The cells should be have the problem number clearly labeled at the beginning of the cell as a comment. Multi-part problems can be done in the same cell or multiple cells, as long as the problems are clearly labeled by comments. Error messages or faulty code will immediately receive a grade of 0.

To submit your work, use the "publish to html" option in MATLAB. This option creates a nicely formatted version of your work, which can be viewed in MATLAB or any web-browser. You should print the html version of the work as displayed in MATLAB or the browser. Please be sure to type or write in pen at the top of the page, your name and the course name and number, and the assignment due date.

Assignments which are incorrectly formatted with receive zero credit. Do not submit an assignment that you are unsure. If you have any questions about how to submit the assignment, please send me an email or see me during office hours.