AMSC 660 / CMSC 660 Scientific Computing I, Fall 2008

Answerbook Errata


Dianne P. O'Leary

09-15-08 In Challenge 5.1, "for i=1:n" should be "for i=1:m".

09-15-08 In Challenge 5.8, after "same QR as above", insert "up to choice of signs for columns of Q and rows of R".

09-16-08 In Challenge 5.14, insert "+" after the three dots (3 times in the first 3 lines).

09-16-08 In Challenge 5.19, insert "+" after the three dots (2 times in line 2).

09-16-08 In Challenge 8.6, insert "+" after the three dots (in line 4).

09-18-08 In Challenge 5.13, delete the 2nd paragraph.

09-19-08 In Challenge 5.19 (a), change "u_i^T b" to "u_i^* b".

09-22-08 In Challenge 5.7, in the last line, the only restriction on s is that its absolute value equals 1. The choice specified there is one such value.

09-23-08 In Challenge 5.9, last line, change "q_j*" to "q_{ell}*".

09-23-08 In Challenge 5.10 (c): In step 5, the update should be "2 u (u^T R(j:m,j:n))".

09-25-08 In Challenge 5.14, in the 2nd displayed equation, there should be r u-vectors, not r-1.
In 3rd displayed equation, in the 3rd column of W, the subscripts on lambda should go from 1 to r.

09-30-08 In the answer for Challenge 7.1 (b): insert at the end of the last sentence: "but set the 6th element to zero".

10-01-08 Delete the 2nd paragraph in the answer to Challenge 5.13. Insert at the end of the 1st paragraph, "The roots are -0.5398 and 0.2389."

10-02-08 In Challenge 5.19 (a), change the transpose on u_i to a conjugate transpose.

10-22-08 In Challenge 9.9, "myxnow" should be "x" (twice).

11-13-08 In Challenge 16.4, change "myrand" to "randmy" twice. Also, we divide by the "standard deviation", not the "variance".

11-13-08 The Matlab codes for the solution were misnumbered, and one was missing. They have been reposted.

11-24-08 In Challenge 20.9, change "4" to "5", twice, in the second bullet.

12-02-08 In Challenge 20.19, change all y's to u's, to match the text. Change "Subtracting" to "Adding". In the displayed equation after that, change "2h y(t)" to "2 y(t)".