to matrix problems, the student will have time to learn enough matlab sothat by the time

matrix problems come around, they will be pro cient. Themore important reason, however,
is that it is important to emphasize thenotion of norm and of error. I found it better to
work up in complexity, fromscalar, to vector, to matrix norms.Please note that the algorithms
given in these notes are not matlab compatiblewith regard to indices. Be careful, if you are
new to matlab, to adjust thealgorithms for indices that include non-positive values.I had
help in the writing/editing of these notes by Prof. Rob Indik, Dr.Emily Lane, and Ms.
Rachel Labes; their input and their hard work hasyielded a better set of notes. Whatever
errors are still in the notes are all myown. I do appreciate hearing from you, either with
constructive criticism orto alert me of errors/omissions.....Juan M. RestrepoContents1 SOME
USEFUL FACTS (PART 1)81.1 Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81.2
The Intermediate Value Theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.3 Orders of
Convergence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.4
BigOandonotation: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.5 Taylor Series . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.5.1Power Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
251.5.2Taylor Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.5.3Analytic and Entire
Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.5.4Taylor's Theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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