Fall 2026

Numerical Linear Algebra

Numerical Linear Algebra covers direct and iterative methods for solving linear and nonlinear systems, eigenproblems, and least squares, analyzing complexity and stability.

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Historical reviews of Amos Ron: Biweekly homework assignments are extensive and time-consuming, requiring significant effort to achieve high grades, while exams are generally considered difficult.

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Prerequisites

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(MATH 320, 340, 341, 345, or 375) and (COMP SCI 200, 220, 300, 310, or placement into COMP SCI 300), graduate/professional standing, or declared in Mathematics VISP (undergraduate or graduate)

COMPSCI/MATH 513

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Professors

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Historical reviews of Amos Ron: Amos Ron teaches COMPSCI/MATH 513 with a polarizing style that reviewers describe as either brilliant and humorous or rambling and difficult to follow. While many praise his intuitive explanations and engaging personality, others criticize his lack of clarity and eccentric teaching methods.

AMOS RON is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

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Historical reviews of Amos Ron: Amos Ron is praised for his humor and ability to explain difficult algorithms intuitively, with students reporting significant learning gains and enjoyment of his engaging teaching style.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.24 GPA, 57.1% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.15 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=46 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.04 GPA, 58.7% A/AB (n=63 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Amos Ron: Biweekly homework assignments are extensive and time-consuming, requiring significant effort to achieve high grades, while exams are generally considered difficult.

Historical reviews of Amos Ron: Students report mixed experiences with clarity, as some find lectures hard to follow due to rambling or lack of examples, while others appreciate the intuitive explanations and helpful slides.

Topics

  • Direct and iterative solution of linear and nonlinear systems.
  • LU and symmetric LU factorization.
  • Complexity, stability, and conditioning analysis.
  • Iterative methods for linear systems.
  • QR-factorization and least squares.
  • Eigenproblems: local and global methods.

Skills

  • Solving linear and nonlinear systems using direct and iterative methods.
  • Performing LU and symmetric LU factorizations.
  • Applying QR-factorization and least squares techniques.
  • Solving eigenproblems using local and global methods.
  • Analyzing complexity, stability, and conditioning of numerical methods.

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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