Lesson Overview

This week, we cover a few different topics. We will continue to enhance our linux command toolbox while also digging in a bit deeper into shell scripting. Then, we will start to learn about techniques for solving algebraic equations using a computer.

Specifically, you will learn about:

1. more linux commands!
2. more shell scripting!
3. root finding techniques

Learning Goals

After this week you should be able to:

• really know how to do some cool things in Linux.
• write bash scripts that can actually be useful.
• solve some basic algebraic equations numerically.
• discuss topics that are important to numerical methods such as round-off error, stopping criteria, iteration, and how numbers are stored on a computer.