Reading Schedule PDE 3150 Spring 2013

Week 1. 1.1-2.2 Introduction, Periodic functions, Fourier series 
Week 2. 2.3, 2.4 More on Fourier Series 
Week 3. 3.1, 3.2   Examples, Wave equation 
Week 4. 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 Wave Equation, Separation, D'Alembert  
Week 5. 3.4, 3.5 D'Alembert's method, 1-Dim'l Heat Equation 
Week 6. 3.6, 3.7 Boundary conditions, 2-Dim'l Equations  
Week 7. 3.8 Laplace's Equation, study for Exam 1
Week 8. 3.9 Poisson's equation, Exam 1 Wed Feb 27 
Week 9. 4.1, 4.7, 4.2 Coordinates, Bessel functions, Symmetric Drumhead 
Week 10.  Spring Break Sat 9 March to Sun 17 March
Week 11. 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 Non-symmetric Drumhead, Steady-state heat 
Week 12. 4.5, 4.6 Steady-state Heat, Laplace's Equation 
Week 13. 7.1, 7.2 Fourier Integral and Transform 
Week 14. 7.3, 7.4 Fourier Transform method, Heat kernel, study for Exam 2
Week 15. 7.6 Fourier sine and cosine transforms, Exam 2 Wed April 17 
Week 16. 7.8, 7.9 Generalized function, Welding torch example