SYLLABUS

SYLLABUS

MATH 411 Partial Differential Equations Fall 2022

Instructor: Ivan C. Sterling, 177 SH, x4370 (240-431-8185), isterling@smcm.edu.

Office Hours: TBA

Book: Partial Differential Equations 2^nd Ed., Nakhle H. Asmar

Tests and Grades: There will be five exams (worth 80% of your course grade, 16% each). One of the five exams will be the non-comprehensive final. Homework will be part of your grade (worth 20%). The homework will be collected at the beginning of class on the day it’s due. Late homework will not be accepted. After it is collected some of the homework problems will be selected for grading. The exam problems will be the same or similar to those in the homework and the examples worked in class. The exams will be open book and open notes.

Dates-Times for the exams:

Thursdays 9/22 10/20 11/17

Final: W 12/14 2-4:15pm;

Grading (roughly): 90-100% A,A-; 80-90% B+,B,B-; 70-80% C+,C,C;

60-70% D+,D; 0-60% F;

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At the completion of MATH 411, students will be able to explain the theoretical bases of various dramatic genres as demonstrated by illustrating them

At the completion of MATH 411, students will be able to explain dynamic phenomena with partial differential equations as demonstrated by modeling a vibrating string with the wave equation.

At the completion of MATH 411, students will be able to apply the method of separation of variables as demonstrated by separating a Cauchy problem into two parts.

At the completion of MATH 411, students will be able to organize the concept of decomposing a function into an orthogonal series as demonstrated by using Fourier series to analyze functions.

At the completion of MATH 411, students will be able to demonstrate skill with problem solving as demonstrated by recognizing types (elliptic, parabolic, hyperbolic) of PDE problems and using appropriate techniques to solve them.