# Welcome

Welcome to **Numerical Computation**, CSCI-3656 and CSCI-5606

:::{admonition} Logistics
* CSCI-3656 Meeting Time: MWF 11:15-12:05 in CASE E340
  * [Canvas page](https://canvas.colorado.edu/courses/90008)
  * [Join Zulip](https://cu-numcomp.zulipchat.com/join/7v4xhqax7kidswditk3khdi5/)
* CSCI-5606 Meeting Time: MWF 2:30-3:20 in ECCS 1B14
  * [Canvas page](https://canvas.colorado.edu/courses/90009)
  * [Join Zulip](https://cu-numcomp.zulipchat.com/join/ukd6chvjlok245dx5gwq2nbi/)
* Office hours: [Choose a time](https://app.simplymeet.me/jed/numcomp) (individual or group)
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:::{admonition} Resources

* [SIAM Membership](http://www.siam.org/students/memberships.php) is free for CU students (30% discount on SIAM books)
* Books
  * [Driscoll and Braun, **Fundamentals of Numerical Computation**](https://tobydriscoll.net/fnc-julia/)
    * free, in Julia with demo notebooks
  * [Greenbaum and Chartier (2012), **Numerical Methods Design, Analysis, and Computer Implementation of Algorithms**](https://press.princeton.edu/titles/9763.html)
    * an excellent, comprehensive book
    * not free, uses Matlab for limited numerical examples
  * [Sauer (2012), **Numerical Analysis**](https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-education/program/Sauer-Numerical-Analysis-2nd-Edition/PGM223463.html)
    * used for this course in other semesters.
  * [Boyd and Vandenberghe (2018), **Introduction to Applied Linear Algebra**](https://web.stanford.edu/~boyd/vmls/)
    * practical introduction to linear algebra for computer scientists; free PDF
  * [Trefethen and Bau (1997), **Numerical Linear Algebra**](http://bookstore.siam.org/ot50/) ([PDF via library](http://libraries.colorado.edu/record=b8207383~S3))
    * fantastic, but limited to numerical linear algebra and covers more advanced topics; free PDF via library
  * [Myers, Van de Geijn, and Van de Geijn (2020), **Linear Algebra: Foundations to Frontiers**](http://www.ulaff.net/downloads.html)
    * linear algebra with attention to performance; free PDF and videos
  * [Eijkhout (2023), **The Art of HPC**](https://theartofhpc.com/)
    * collection of free books on numerical and scientific computing, plus "carpentry"
* Papers
  * [Butler, **Enhancing and undermining intrinsic motivation: The effects of task-involving and ego-involving evaluation on interest and performance**](https://cu-numcomp.github.io/spring23/downloads/Butler-EnhancingAndUnderminingIntrinsicMotivation-1988.pdf)
  * [Turk, **Scaling a code in the human dimension**](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2484762.2484782) [arXiv](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1301.7064.pdf)
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