MATH 328 Syllabus



Here is a preliminary version of the course syllabus (subject to update):

LectureDateTopic
1Th 1/27Introduction to PDE's
2Tu 2/1Review of ODE's
3Th 2/3Review of ODE's
4Tu 2/8Introduction to Fourier series
5Th 2/10Fourier series of periodic functions
6 Tu 2/15Half-range expansions
7Th 2/17Convergence questions, Gibbs phenomenon
8Tu 2/22Operations on Fourier series
9Th 2/241-dim'l heat equation: Introduction
10Tu 3/11-dim'l heat equation: Fixed end temperatures
11Th 3/31-dim'l heat equation: Insulated bars
***Tu 3/8cancelled
12Th 3/101-dim'l heat equation: Mixed boundary conditions
13Tu 3/151-dim'l wave equation: Introduction
14Th 3/171-dim'l wave equation: The vibrating string problem
15Tu 3/221-dim'l wave equation: D'Alembert's solution
***Th 3/31Midterm exam
16Tu 4/5Laplace equation: Generalities
17Th 4/7Laplace equation in a rectangle
18Tu 4/12Laplace equation in a disk
19Th 4/14Poisson Integral Formula; basic properties of harmonic functions
***Tu 4/19cancelled
20Th 4/21Fourier integrals: Introduction
21Tu 5/3Applications of Fourier integrals
22Th 5/5(Complex) Fourier transform
23Tu 5/10Properties of Fourier transform
24Th 5/12Applications of Fourier transform in heat and wave equations
25Tu 5/17Bounded harmonic functions in the upper half-plane

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