Taylor Series and Efficient Calculations of Transcendental Functions
Ethan Duckworth, Loyola College in Maryland
This module helps students learn/relearn about Taylor series, the remainder theorem, symbolic tools in MATLAB, and writing efficient functions for calculating transcendental functions. Students are reminded about ...

Aitken's Method and Superconvergence
Namyong Lee, Minnesota State University-Mankato
This activity aims to explore Newton's method's efficiency for various cases. We also provide some ideas on improving or accelerating the convergence through numerical experiments.

Curve Fitting with Parametric Splines using the Artwork "The Girl with the Pearl Earring"
Bree Ettinger, Emory University
This activity focuses on curve fitting using parametric splines, a technique commonly used in numerical analysis to approximate complex curves. In this assignment, students are tasked with selecting a minimal ...

Applications of the Power Method
Hoa Nguyen, Trinity University
This activity is designed for a course in Linear Algebra for undergraduate students. The focus is the Power Method and two applications. The Power Method is used to find the dominant eigenvalue (if it exists) of a ...

's a ... FIRE! A simulation of fire caused by gender reveal parties.
Sarah Patterson, Virginia Military Institute
In this project, students create a simulation of a spreading fire through a forest using MATLAB. This simulation contains many different parameters that control the random spread. Students will complete a ...

Function Telephone
Blain Patterson, Virginia Military Institute
This activity aims to engage students in a low-stakes activity to build confidence and review basic topics including function input and output, function information exchange, and global and local variables in the ...

Matrix Coding & Decoding
Edith Aguirre, El Paso Community College
The activity provides students with a 3x3 matrix key that will be used to code and decode messages. Students will use MatLab to code, and matrix multiplication to encrypt a message. Then their encrypted message ...

Exploring Exact Differential Equations through MATLAB
BINIL THOMAS-SEBASTIAN, UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, JAMAICA
This activity introduces students to solving exact differential equations and plot solutions for different initial conditions using the MATLAB Live Script. At the end of this activity, students will be able to ...

Exploring Fourier Series and Trigonometric Interpolating Polynomials in MATLAB
Maryam Heshmatzadeh, British Columbia Institute of Technology
This Assignment on MATLAB Grader is related to "Trigonometric Interpolating Polynomials" in Discrete Fourier Transform. Students work individually on the exercise after receiving a lecture on the related ...

Optimization and zeroes of a function
Kossi Edoh, North Carolina A & T State University
This project is designed for freshman or sophomore undergraduate students to determine the maxima or minima of a function with one variable in an interval using ideas similar to finding the zeroes or the roots of a ...