Office: Bldg 25, Rm 329, telephone: 6-1684
Web site: http://www.calpoly.edu/~dhartig

Course Objectives

1. Develop the terminology and notation used to deal with partial differential equations and boundary value problems.
2. Study some of the physical systems that are modeled with partial differential equations.
3. Learn how integral transforms are used to solve partial differential equations on unbounded domains.
4. Learn how orthogonal expansions are used in the solution to boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations on bounded domains (The Method of Fourier Series).
5. Develop the method of separation of variables as it applies to partial differential equations on bounded domains.

Text

Logan, David, Applied Partial Differential Equations, Second Edition, Springer-Verlag, 2004

Coverage

1. Chapter 1. The Physical Origins of Partial Differential Equations
2. Chapter 2. Partial Differential Equations on Unbounded Domains
3. Chapter 3. Orthogonal Expansions
4. Chapter 4. Partial Differential Equations on Bounded Domains

Homework, Exams, etc.

• Homework will be assigned and collected on a sporadic basis and there will be occasional group work.
• There will be two midterms, two quizzes, and a comprehensive final exam on Friday, June 14, 1 - 4.

Grades

Office Hours (subject to change)