Introduction
My name is Evan VanderZee, and this page is a resource I use to test
and demonstrate some applets that I am developing. The applets'
purpose is to help students understand important concepts of scientific
computing. Many of the small web-accessible programs I write specifically
supplement the textbook
Scientific Computing, An Introductory Survey, Second Edition
written by Michael T. Heath, published by McGraw-Hill, New York, 2002.
The development I do is part of a larger project. A couple people are
working with me on the project, and some others who no longer work on
the project have made significant contributions in the past. The
main page for the
project gives appropriate credit to these people. It can also lead you
to all of the applets I have written in conjunction with the project.
The Applets
Under Construction
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Any applet I'm working on that has not yet been approved for release
on the main project page is classified as under construction. Some of
these may be essentially finished, merely needing a final demonstration
and stamp of approval from my supervisor,
Professor Heath. Others
might be far from finished, placed here so that I can test them on a
variety of platforms in a variety of browsers or so that I can more
effectively discuss a development question with Professor Heath.
Unfinished
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Some applets I work on never make the final cut. Unfinished applets
are applets that I have put a fair amount of work into but never
completed. For one reason or another, they have been removed from my
task list. They remain linked here because of the possibility that
we may come up with a way to correct whatever initially caused them to
be placed here.
Recently Completed
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These links point to applets that have recently been transferred to the
main project page. They provide a convenient way for me to show friends
what I've done recently. Also, there is satisfaction and motivation to
be gained in recalling past accomplishments; these links remind me of
tasks done well.
Bugs
As with all reasonably large development projects, the project I work
on is subject to imperfections. Therefore, I keep a
bug list that records issues I have been made
aware of that affect applets already posted to the main page of the
project. If you discover something wrong with an applet on the main
project page, and it isn't noted in my bug list, please
e-mail me a full description of the problem you encountered. My
e-mail address is vanderze AT uiuc DOT edu, where AT is the symbol
@ and DOT is a period.
Parallel Programming Examples
I recently started working on some simple programming examples in
parallel programming. So far I have two examples.