MATH 151A
Applied Numerical Methods
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: courses 32B, 33B, 115A, Program in Computing 10A or Computer Science 31. Introduction to numerical methods with emphasis on algorithms, analysis of algorithms, and computer implementation issues. Solution of nonlinear equations. Numerical differentiation, integration, and interpolation. Direct methods for solving linear systems. Letter grading.
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Fall 2023 - In Math 151A you have to remember ridiculously many formulas and concepts, but the core is approximation. Miscellaneous ways of approximations. Newton's Methods, Numerical differentiation, Numerical Integration, Polynomial Interpolation, etc. This man is a legend. He gives very clear lecture notes, and teaches the material in a systematic & integrated manner. You can rely on the notes though, but would recommend attending his live lectures (need to wake up early a little bit!!) His in-class notes are also organized. Homeworks and tests are fair as long as you put efforts in this class. Try to take as many class as possible with him
Fall 2023 - In Math 151A you have to remember ridiculously many formulas and concepts, but the core is approximation. Miscellaneous ways of approximations. Newton's Methods, Numerical differentiation, Numerical Integration, Polynomial Interpolation, etc. This man is a legend. He gives very clear lecture notes, and teaches the material in a systematic & integrated manner. You can rely on the notes though, but would recommend attending his live lectures (need to wake up early a little bit!!) His in-class notes are also organized. Homeworks and tests are fair as long as you put efforts in this class. Try to take as many class as possible with him
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Winter 2023 - This Professor is one of the best that I haver taken at UCLA. I took Math 151AH with him, not 151A. there just isn't a section for reviews of that class so I am doing it here. HOLY MOLY, THIS MAN KNOWS HIS STUFF WHEN IT COMES TO MATH. You could ask Carney any question related to the content and he could provide you with a clear and concise answer with all of the foundational details described to help you fully understand the answer. Carney is an excellent teacher who clearly cares about his students and how much they learn from the class. I struggled in this class due to the difficulty of the content and my weak foundation in linear algebra (LOL). However, I have learned an incredible amount from the course and I believe it is all because of Carney. His lectures are engaging, made from slides that are typed and written on to cover concepts. The lectures were also recorded. His homeworks (remember this is for 151AH), while pretty challenging, were very well constructed and covered all the concepts gone over in lecture. Most importantly, Carney provided 3 hours a week outside of class as OH which were incredibly valuable. (I was a regular at these) If you are ever considering taking an honors upper div math course, I would highly reccomend this one if Carney is teaching it. Like any honors upper div course, it will be extremely challenging, but I feel like it was worth it mainly because of how well he taught the course.
Winter 2023 - This Professor is one of the best that I haver taken at UCLA. I took Math 151AH with him, not 151A. there just isn't a section for reviews of that class so I am doing it here. HOLY MOLY, THIS MAN KNOWS HIS STUFF WHEN IT COMES TO MATH. You could ask Carney any question related to the content and he could provide you with a clear and concise answer with all of the foundational details described to help you fully understand the answer. Carney is an excellent teacher who clearly cares about his students and how much they learn from the class. I struggled in this class due to the difficulty of the content and my weak foundation in linear algebra (LOL). However, I have learned an incredible amount from the course and I believe it is all because of Carney. His lectures are engaging, made from slides that are typed and written on to cover concepts. The lectures were also recorded. His homeworks (remember this is for 151AH), while pretty challenging, were very well constructed and covered all the concepts gone over in lecture. Most importantly, Carney provided 3 hours a week outside of class as OH which were incredibly valuable. (I was a regular at these) If you are ever considering taking an honors upper div math course, I would highly reccomend this one if Carney is teaching it. Like any honors upper div course, it will be extremely challenging, but I feel like it was worth it mainly because of how well he taught the course.
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