CS3911 Reading List: Week 9

Textbook Material
Read the following materials
  • Section 8.1: Pay special attention to the application examples, especially Section 8.1.1 as this section will be covered in Exam 2.

Do the following problems
From our text
  • Problems P8.1, P8.7, P8.9
  • Do the following extra problems:
  • Consider the following system of linear equations.
    • Use Jacobi's method to solve the following system of linear equations:

    • Do the same with Gauss-Seidel method.
    • Suppose a program delivered an inaccurate solution of x = 1.1, y = -0.8 and z = 1.4. Use iterative refinement to make this solution correct. The LU-decomposition of matrix A is shown below:

    • What is the determinant and rank of the following matrix. Use complete pivoting to solve this problem.

    • Is the following matrix diagonal dominant? Explain and elaborate your answer.

    • Find the inverse of the following matrix using the given LU-decomposition:

You do not have to turn in your paper. What I really expect you to do is using these problems to gauge your understanding of the subject. So, do the problems after finish reading the above sections.