MTH 649 SYLLABUS
SPRING
2006
Instructor: Prof. C. O. Bloom
E-Mail: cobloom@acsu.buffalo.edu
Office: 314 Mathematics Building
Office Hours: Mon. 2:00 - 3:00 PM, Wed. 2:00 - 3:00 PM and by appointment
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Lectures: Mon., Wed., Fri., 9-9:50 A.M., 215 NSC
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Text #1(Required):
Title: Partial Differential Equations (Graduate Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 19)
Author:
Publisher: American Mathematics Society (1998)
Text #2(Required):
Title: Introduction to Partial Differential Equations with Applications
Author: Zachmanoglou
& Thoe
Publisher:
From Text 1 selected Topics from the following list:
1. Introduction
Part I:
2. Four Important Linear PDE
3. Nonlinear First Order PDE
4.
Other Ways to Represent Solutions
From Text 2 selected Topics from
the following list:
Chapter 1- Sections: 1.1-1. 4
Chapter 2- Sections: 2.1-2.4
Chapter 3 -Sections: 3.1-3.4 Chapter 6-Sections: 6.1-6.5
Chapter 7- Sections: 7.1-7.13
Chapter 8-Sections: 8.1-8.8 Chapter 9-Sections: 9.1-9.4
Chapter 10-Sections: 10.1-10.4
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Grading: Your final grade will be computed in the following way.
1. Homework problems will be given regularly in class. They will also be
posted on the website. The assignments will be collected and selected
assignments will be graded.
2. There will be one midterm exam (tentative date: Monday, March 1), and
one final exam (date TBA). Your course grade will be determined as follows: 25%
homework + 25% midterm exam + 50% final exam
Letter grades (plus and minus) will be given.
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Study Guide Test #1(Mid-term) |
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Study Guide Final Exam |
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Assigned Problem |
Date Assigned |
Submit for
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Text 1: Introduction, Sections 1-3
Text 1: Appendix A.2-A.5 Text
2: Chap. 6, Sections 1-5 |
Text 1: Text 2: 1.1-1.3, p.173 Text 2: 2.1-2.5, 2.7 pp. 178-9 Text 2: 3.2, 3.3, 3.5 |
1/18/06 |
Text 2: Prob.
2.7, pp. 178-9. Due
1/25/06(Wed.) |
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Text 1: Chap. 2, Section 2.1, 2.2 Text 1: Appendix C.1-C.3 Text 2: Chap. 7, Sections 1-4 |
Text 1: Text 2: 1.1-1.3, p.173 Text 2: 2.1-2.5, 2.7 pp. 178-9 Text 2: 3.2, 3.3, 3.5 p.186 |
1/23/06 |
Text 2: Prob.3.2, p. 186
Due 2/1/06 |
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Text 1: Chap. 2, Section 2.1, 2.2 Text 1: Appendix C.1-C.3 Text 2: Chap. 7, Sections 5-7 |
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