Mathematical Modeling MTH 430 Fall 2009

 

 

T Th 12:35 - 1:50 p.m., MSEC 105 

Instructors

• Brian Borchers, 835-5813, Weir 222, borchers@nmt.edu

• John Starrett, 835-5763, Weir 240, jstarret@nmt.edu

Text: A First Course in Mathematical Modeling, 4^th edition, by Frank Giordano, Maurice D. Weir and William P. Fox, 

ISBN-10: 0495011592, ISBN-13: 978-0495011590 (note: You may use the 3rd edition if you can get one, but it is your responsibility to make sure the probelms you do are the same as those we assign, as some of the numbers may have changed.) 

Syllabus

Required Software:

Maple and Matlab are running on the computers in both labs in the Weir building, and on other computers all over campus.
You can obtain your own  personal copies at a discount by following the links listed below

• Maple Maple through the Maple Adoption Program
  

  Course code AP53657

• Matlab Matlab Student Version
  

Modeling Links

• Modeling at Montana
• Programs in Modeling
• MathModels.org
• The modeling cycle

Maple Resources

• Maple Resources (rpi)
• Differential Equations with Maple
• Maple basics
• ODE tutorials and packages from Maple
• Maplet interface
• PDE tutorials and packages
• Brother Walter Schreiner's Maple notes
• Maple application center
• Intro to Maple
• Maple lab manual
• Utah Maple lab

Matlab Resources

• GMU Matlab resources
• UIUC Matlab resources
• IU list of Matlab links
• Matthias Kawski's Matlab page
• Ohio Matlab resources
• Mathtools Matlab resources
• UCSD Matlab links