Nonlinear Optimization
Math 524 -- Section 1, Fall 1998

Table of Contents

• Syllabus (PDF) (PostScript) (DVI)

• Homework Assignments
• Course Handouts
• (Selected) Exam and Homework Solutions
• Additional Resources
• Other Math 524 Homepages
  • Fall 1997 (Howard)
  • Fall 1996 (Sharpley)
  • Spring 1995 (Meade)

Homework Assignments

Course Handouts

• Maple Quick Reference (PDF) (PostScript) (DVI)

(Selected) Exam and Homework Solutions

Additional Resources

• Maple Quick Reference (PDF) (IDVI) (PostScript) (DVI)
• Engineer's Toolkit: Maple V for Engineers, Douglas B. Meade and Etan Bourkoff, Addison--Wesley, 1998, ISBN 0-201-6445-5 (vi + 154 pp. + two chapters available only in electronic form).
• calcplot package
• Maple Worksheets and the WWW
• Maple Information from NC State
• A free demo version of Maple can be downloaded from Waterloo Maple, Inc.

  While this demo is free, there are a number of features that are not functional in this version. For example, it's not possible to print or save any work and no user-defined procedures are permitted. But, you should be able to use this to view many of the worksheets that I (or others) have posted on the WWW.

  Maple should be available in (almost) all computer labs on campus. If not, have the systems adminstrator contact Barbara Koski or Kathy Farmer at 777-4657 or 777-1303. A student version of Maple (Release 4) is available at the USC Bookstore (Russell House) for around $90.

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