University of Utah

Department of Mathematics

Math 3150   Partial Differential Equations
M W      8:35 - 9:25 am     LS 102

 Textbook:  Partial Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, N. Asmar, Prentice Hall

Instructor:   Elena Cherkaev
Office: LCB 206   ph: 581-7315   email:elena@math.utah.edu
Office hours: M 10am-11am and by appointment


              Students Solutions Manual 
can be downloaded from the author's website:
                                       http://www.math.missouri.edu/~nakhle/pdebvp/student-manual.pdf

Syllabus


Test 1 - Monday, Oct. 1              Sample Problems:     1.1.13,   1.2.17-18 ,   2.2.7-8,   2.4.5 
Test 2 - Wednesday, Oct. 24      Sample Problems:    3.3.7,  3.3.9,  3.1.3-6,  2.6.3,  2.4.15,  2.5.1

Test 3 - Wednesday, Nov. 28     Sample Problems:   3.5:  5,13;   3.7:  1,5;   3.7:  11,13;   3.8: 1,5;   3.9: 1,5;
 

Final exam   -   Monday,  Dec. 10:   8:00  - 10:00 am



Statistics for Test 1
Statistics foor Test 2



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Assigned Homework Problems:    ( Please,   NO LATE HOMEWORKS! )
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Hw 1 :  Due Sept 5

Aug 22:    Ex. 1.1  # 1,   Ex. 1.2  # 11    

Aug 27:    Ex. 1.1  # 10,  11

Aug 29:    Read about derivation of 1D wave equation (class notes or section 3.2) and normal modes (section 1.2).
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Hw 2 :  Due Sept 12

Sept. 5:    Ex. 1.2  # 3, 5,  16, 18, 20

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Hw 3 :  Due Sept 19

Sept. 10:    Ex. 2.1  #  7, 9,  10, 19, 20
Sept. 12:    Ex. 2.2  #  5, 9,  10, 11, 13

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Hw 4 :  Due Sept 26     Maple example:  Fourier series of periodic function

Sept. 17:   Read sections 2.2, 2.3.   Ex. 2.2  #  21,    Ex. 2.3  #  3,  5,  13,  20,  22
Sept. 19:   Read section 2.4    Ex. 2.4  #  3, 6, 12 ,  Ex. 2.5  #   1,  2,  5,  12

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Hw 5 :  Due Oct. 3

Sept. 24:   Ex. 2.6  #  5,  7,  9
Sept. 26:   Prepare for test

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Oct. 1:   Exam 1

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Hw 6 :  Due Oct. 17

Oct. 1:  
Oct. 3:   Ex. 2.6  #  8,  17,  18

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Hw 7 :  Due Oct. 24     Maple example:  Vibrating string

Oct. 15:   Ex. 3.1  #  5, 6, 7e, 11
Oct. 17:   Ex. 3.3  #  1, 3, 4, 7, 12, 13

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Hw  :  Due Oct. 31

Oct. 22:  
Oct. 24:  Exam 2

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Hw 8 :  Due Nov. 7

Oct. 29:   Ex. 3.4  #  1,  2,  4,  9-1,  10
Oct. 31:   Ex.  3.5  # 2, 3, 7-a

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Hw 9 :  Due Nov. 14

Nov. 5:   Ex. 3.5  #  8-a, 8-b, 9,  11, 13
Nov. 7:   Ex. 3.6  #  1, 2, 3

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Hw 10 :  Due Nov. 21     Maple example:  Vibrating membrane

Nov. 12:   Ex. 3.7  #  1, 2, 3
Nov. 14:   Ex. 3.7  #  5,  9, 12,  13, 16

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Hw 11 :  Due Nov. 28

Nov. 19:   Ex. 3.8  #   2, 5 ;   Ex. 3.9  #   2, 5
Nov. 21:   Ex. 4.1  #   1, 3 ;   Ex. 4.4  #  1, 3, 5 
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Hw 12 :  Due Dec. 5

Nov. 26:   4.4  # 12,  17,  21,  23-a
Nov. 28:   Exam 3
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Extra-Credit Hw :  Due Dec. 10

Dec. 3:   4.2  # 1, 4, 5
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Final exam   -   Monday,  Dec. 10:   8:00  - 10:00 am


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Tutoring is available in T. Benny Rushing Mathematics Center    
 
-----  Schedule of PDE tutors: -----

Christian
Monday/Friday 1:00 - 2:00
Thursday 9:00 - 1:00 and 2:00 - 6:00

Cody
Monday/Wednesday 4:00 - 6:00
Tuesday 11:00 - 3:00
Thursday 2:00 - 4:00

George
Monday/Wednesday Friday 1:00 - 3:00
Tuesday 2:00 - 6:00

Jake
Monday - Friday 8:00 - 9:30 AM

Jason
Tuesday/Thursday 3:00 - 8:00

John
Monday/Tuesday 9:00 - 11:00
Wednesday/Friday 9:00 - 12:00

Tony L
Tuesday 10:30 - 1:00
Wednesday 2:00 - 5:00
Thursday 1:00 - 5:00
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