Math 257/316, 2017

  • The office hours for this section are set. They are: Monday: 12:30pm-2pm, Tuesday: 1pm-2pm, and Friday: 12:30pm-2pm at LSK 303D. But as I mentioned in the class you are more than welcome to ask questions whenever you see me in my office.

  • To download the syllabus, click here. Please note that the book is not required, it is recommended as a complementary help. I will post all lecture notes online as well as the homeworks.

  • Here are some extra study guide notes for the first midterm. Please read and let me know if you see any typos. Also, here are some extra practice questions involving heat equation with Dirichlet boundary condition, and here is the solutions to those questions.

  • To see the third set of lecture notes, click here. To see the second set of lecture notes, click here. For the numerical approximation on Monday, please take a look at the powerpoint. We will also need the spreadsheets Heat, Wave, and Laplace. To see the first set of lecture notes, click here.

    Please note that these notes are based on the lecture notes prepared by Prof. Peirce (many thanks to Prof. Peirce for providing me with these lecture notes). Please also note that the current set of lecture notes are going to be updated regularly, till I start a new set of lecture notes.

  • To see Professor Peirce's lecture notes, click here.

  • Here is the second midterm for section 201, and here is the solutions 201; and here is the midterm for section 202, and here is the solutions. Please let me know if there are any typos.
  • Here is the first midterm for section 201, and here is the solutions 201; and here is the midterm for section 202, and here is the solutions. Please let me know if there are any typos.

  • The homeworks are going to be posted here. Homework 8 is the eighth set of homework which is due April 5th, and here is the solutions. Homework 7 is the seventh set of homework which is due March 29th, and here is the solutions. Homework 6 is the sixth set of homework which is due March 20th, and here is the solutions. Homework 5 is the fifth set of homework which is due March 6th and and here is the solutions. Homework 4 is the fourth set of homework which is due February 27th, and here is the solutions. Homework 3 is the third set of homeworks, and it is just for practice, not to be collected, and here is the solutions to Homework 3. Also, for past midterms and finals and extra questions to work on, please check Prof. Peirce's website , and click on Math 257/316 link there. Homework 2 is the second set of homework which is due Monday 30th, and here is the solutions for Homework 2. Here is the Homework 1 due Friday 20th (and here is the solutions for that homework).