Fall 2010 Course Syllabus:  Math 331-001

Course Title:

Introduction to Partial Differential Equations

Textbook:

Applied Partial Differential Equations by Richard Haberman

(4th Ed) Pearson Prentice-Hall,  ISBN: 0130652431

Prerequisites:

(Math 211 or Math 213) and Math 222 with a grade of C or higher

Website:

http://web.njit.edu/~matveev/Courses/M331_F10/

 

Course Outline

Lecture

Sections

Topic

Assignment

1 (8-30)

3.1-3.3

Intro to PDEs; Review: ODEs, Calculus III, Fourier Series

Assigned in class

2 (8-31)

3.4-3.6

Fourier Series; Term-by-term Operations

Assigned in class

3 (9-7)

1.2

Heat Equation: 1D Derivation

S1.2: 3,5,9

4 (9-13)

1.3

Heat Equation: Boundary Conditions

S1.3: 1,2

5 (9-14)

1.4

Heat Equation: Equilibrium temperature Distribution

S1.4: 1, 3, 7, 10, 11

6 (9-20)

1.5

Heat Equation: Higher Dimensions

S1.5: 5,9,10,11,12,13

7 (9-21)

2.1-2.3

Heat Equation: 1D Solution I

S2.2: 2;

S2.3: 1, 2, 3, 8,

8 (9-27)

2.4

Heat Equation: 1D Solution II

S2.4: 1, 3, 4 

9 (9-28)

2.5

Laplace’s Equation: Solution

S2.5: 1, 3, 5(b,c), 7, 8(b),15(a,c)

10 (10-4)

4.1-4.3

Wave Equation: 1D Derivation

S4.2: 1; S4.3: 1, 2

11 (10-5)

4.4

Wave Equation: Vibrating String

S4.4: 1, 2, 3, 5

12 (10-11)

Exam Review

13 (10-12)

Midterm Examination

14 (10-18)

5.1-5.3

Sturm-Liouville Problems

S5.3: 4, 8, 9

15 (10-19)

5.4

Sturm-Liouville Problem : Heat Flow in Nonuniform Rod

S5.4: 1, 2, 3

16 (10-25)

5.5

Sturm-Liouville Problems: Self-Adjointness

S5.5: 1(d), 8, 9

17 (10-26)

5.6

Sturm-Liouville Problems: Rayleigh Quotient

S5.6: 1, 2

     11-1

Last Day to Withdraw

18 (11-1)

5.7

Sturm-Liouville Problems: Application to Wave Equation

S5.7: 1

19 (11-2)

5.8

Sturm-Liouville Problems: Mixed Boundary Conditions

S5.8: 5, 6, 7

20 (11-8)

6.1-6.3.4

Finite Difference Numerical Methods for PDEs

S6.2: 1,2,3,4; S6.3:1

21 (11-9)

7.1-7.3

PDE’s in 2D: Vibration of a Rectangular Membrane

S7.3: 1, 3, 4

22 (11-15)

7.7

Vibration of a Circular Membrane

S7.7: 4, 9, 10

23 (11-16)

7.8

More on Bessel Functions

S7.8: 5, 8

24 (11-22)

8.1-8.2

Heat Flow with Non-homogeneous Boundary Conditions

Assigned in class

25 (11-23)

8.3

Nonhomogeneous Problems: Eigenfunction Expansion

S8.3: 6

26 (11-29)

9.1-9.2

Green’s Functions: 1D Heat Equation

Assigned in class

27 (11-30)

9.3

Green’s Functions: BVP’s for ODE’s

Assigned in class

28 (12-6)

Final Exam Review

 

 

IMPORTANT DATES

FIRST DAY OF SEMESTER

August 30, 2010

MIDTERM EXAM

October 12

LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW

November 1, 2010

LAST DAY OF CLASSES

December 8, 2010

FINAL EXAM PERIOD

December 10 – 16, 2010

 

Grading Policy

 

Assignment Weighting

 

Tentative Grading Scale

Homework & Quiz

24 %

 

A

88 -- 100

MATLAB

12 %

 

B+

81 -- 90

Midterm Exam

30 %

 

B

74 -- 80

Final Exam

34 %

 

C+

67 – 73

 

 

 

C

60 – 66

 

D

54 – 59

F

0 – 53

 

Course Policies

 

Email: it is important that you regularly check your NJIT email account for class assignments and announcements from your instructor. Rutgers students should email the instructor their preferred email address at the start of the semester.

 

Homework and Quizzes: homework assignments listed in the syllabus are tentative. Homework problem sets will be emailed by the instructor after each class. Homework is due on the assigned date; late homework is not accepted. Quizzes are given about once per week on an announced topic.

 

MATLAB Assignments:  Three MATLAB assignments will be given during the semester; for help with MATLAB see the instructor or MATLAB tutors available in accordance with a posted schedule. 

 

Attendance: attendance in this class is mandatory.

 

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