Math 316/257
Partial Differential Equations/Ordinary Differential Equations II
Provisional Schedule

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Date Topic/Notes Reading Homework
1
Wed Sep 07 Some famous pde, ode from pde,
linearity,
series solutions (power, Fourier, special fns)
Lecture Notes   assignment 1
2
Fri Sep 09 Taylor thm, power series, convergence, differentiating under the sum
 A4  
3
Mon Sep 12 Solution of ode by power series  A4,A5  
4
Wed Sep 14 Solution of ode by power series
 A6 assignment 1 due 
assignment 2
5
Fri Sep 16 Bessel Equation, series solution, Gamma fn
 4.7
6
Mon Sep 19 Some identities.
 4.7, 4.8
 
7
Wed Sep 21
Periodic funs: Fourier series versus power series, piecewise smooth functions, orthogonality from y''=-y
2.1  assignment 2 due
assignment 3
8
Fri Sep 23 Euler formulas, series for sawtooth, manipulations
 2.2
9
Mon Sep 26 Other periods, even/odd fns,
 2.3  
10
Wed Sep 28 Half range expansions, extension by symmetry
 2.4 assignment 3 due
assignment 4
11
Fri Sep 30
Mean square approximation
2.5 
12
Mon Oct 03 Modeling, vibrating string  3.1, 3.2
 
13
Wed Oct 05 separation of variables  3.3 assignment 4 due
Prepare for midterm

14
Fri Oct 07
 3.3

Mon Oct 10
Thanksgiving


15
Wed Oct 12


Midterm test
on assignments 1-4
assignment 5
16
Fri Oct 14 D'Alembert solution, characteristics  3.4
17
Mon Oct 17 1d heat equation  3.5  
18
Wed Oct 19 Different boundary conditions (omit 3.6 until Sturm Liouville) 3.5
assignment 5 due
assignment 6
19
Fri Oct 21
2d wave, heat eqns
(Brydges is away from Oct 18 - 22)
3.7
 
20
Mon Oct 24 Laplace Eqn on rectangular domain
 3.8  
21
Wed Oct 26
  assignment 6 due
assignment 7
22
Fri Oct 28 Poisson eqn, eigenfn expansion, remarks on linear algebra and orthogonality
3.9

23
Mon Oct 31
Orthogonality in Sturm Liouville problems
6.2   
24
Wed Nov 02 Different boundary conditions
 6.2, 3.6
assignment 7 due
assignment 8
25
Fri Nov 04 Orthogonality of Bessel fns and expansions in Bessel fns
 4.8
26
Mon Nov 07 Laplacian in Polar and cylindrical coordinates
4.1   
27
Wed Nov 09
  assignment 8 due
Prepare for test

Fri Nov 11 Remembrance Day
(Fields meeting Nov 12)
 
28
Mon Nov 14 Circular membrane, symmetric case
 4.2  
29
Wed Nov 16
 4.2 Midterm test
[On assignments 5,6,7,8]

assignment 9
30
Fri  Nov 18 Circular membrane, general case  4.3
31
Mon Nov 21
 4.3  
32
Wed Nov 23 Laplace eqn in circular region
 4.4 assignment 9 due
assignment 10
33
Fri Nov 25
 4.4  
34
Mon Nov 28 Cylindrical regions
 4.5  
35
Wed Nov 30
 4.5 assignment 10 will not be collected
36
Fri Dec 02 Last day of classes
   

TBA
Final , information practice final