IMPS_2017/FILES/10_17

• 10_17.pdf, Lecture notes (PDF);
• 10_17.ppt, Lecture notes (PowerPoint);
• ascent.jpg, plot of an ascent.
• ascent.m, position as a function of time for an ascent.
• ascent_descent.jpg, plots of ascent and descent together.
• bisection_script.m, a bisection script.
• bisection2.m, second version of a bisection function.
• bisection3.m, third version of a bisection function.
• cosx_and_x.jpg, plot f(x)=cos(x) and f(x)=x.
• cosxx.m, evaluate cos(x)-x.
• cross.jpg, displays how a function crosses the x axis.
• descent.jpg, plot of a descent.
• descent.m, position as a function of time for a descent.
• f.m, evaluate cos(x)-x.
• goat.jpg, a plot of the goat in a circular fence function.
• goat.m, evaluate the goat function.
• goat_problem.gif, illustrate the goat in a circular fence problem.
• plotshape.m, will draw the shape with vertices XLIST, YLIST.
• graze.jpg, a function which just "grazes" the x axis.
• shallow.jpg, a function that is very close to the x axis.
• steep.jpg, a function that crosses the x axis, but is very steep.
• tau.jpg, plot of a function with ten zeros.
• tau.m, evaluate a function with ten zeros.