MATH302-14S1 (C) Semester One 2014

Partial Differential Equations

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 24 February 2014
End Date: Sunday, 29 June 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 7 March 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 23 May 2014

Description

An introduction to the methods of solution for partial differential equations and to their applications.

Partial differential equations are the life blood of the natural and physical sciences, arising in situations where variations in time and space are both important. Usually, to find a solution one can use analytical or numerical techniques.

In this course we concentrate on finding analytical solutions using the following methods:

• method of Characteristics for first order linear and quasilinear equations
• separation of variables
• fourier and Laplace transforms

Learning Outcomes

  • Students successfully completing this course should:

  • master the techniques listed above
  • be able to recognize the canonical examples of each solution method
  • be able to identify the correct approach to solve a novel problem coming from applications
  • have a good grounding in PDE theory in order to progress to more advance applied or pure mathematics courses

Prerequisites

MATH264, EMTH204, (MATH261 and MATH262), EMTH202, MATH202 or EMTH210

Restrictions

MATH361, EMTH391, EMTH413

Timetable Note

The Friday tutorial has been moved to Erskine 505.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Miguel Moyers Gonzalez

Lecturer

Mark Hickman

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Tests 40%
Final Examination 60%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $672.00

International fee $3,388.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Mathematics and Statistics .

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