In the first instance, there is a challenge in that DME2A’s lab takes earlier in the week than I have ever had before. This means that sometimes we might have to rush, or go back and forwards, to do our best to have material covered so that DME2A’s lab can be fruitful for them. They also have their two Bank Holiday labs rescheduled (see below – this also affects DME2E).

Week 1

In Week 1, by briefly looking at a number of examples (many of which we have seen before), we had a review of some central ideas from approximation theory such as approximation, measurement error, accuracy & precision, iteration, convergence, error, etc.

To help DME2A, we looked ahead at the Euler Method,

Then we started looking at where ordinary differential equations come into Engineering. This will continue in Week 2.

In VBA we had a quick review lab, focusing on plotting, the use of a dashboard, and then basic structure of our code:

  • Define variables,
  • Give variables initial values (from a dashboard),

A do loop that:

  • prints the current values of (relevant) variables and
  • calculates the next values.

If you have not completed Lab 1 (p.117), I recommend that you do at least up to Debugging to get you back in the VBA groove.

Hopefully, the first MCQ results will be on Canvas on Monday.

Week 2

First completing the section odes we started in Week 1, we will then start looking at big \mathcal{O} notation, and Taylor Series. We need these to do numerical analysis on Euler’s Method.

In VBA we will start programming the Euler Method.

Assessment

See Canvas for the assessment schedule. There will be more information on assessments the Friday of the week two before the assessment week (i.e. info on Friday of Week 4 about the Week 6 assessment)

Study

Study should consist of

  • doing exercises from the notes
  • completing VBA exercises

Student Resources

Please see the Student Resources tab on the top of this page for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc..

DME2A and DME2E in Bank Holiday Weeks

Because every lab counts, the two Bank Holiday labs of DME2A are going to be rescheduled to Tuesday and on those two dates Tuesdays February 6 and March 19 we will have the following:

  • DME2A, 14:40-16:20, DME2E 16:20-18:00, A285