Department of Mathematics
Spring 2010
MATH 418 - Partial Differential Equations
Class Webpage
Class Resources:
books & lecture notes (reserve list)
webct & discussion group (webct.sfu.ca)
note: additional content for math 418
can be found on the webct page
this website will also function as a back-up site in the event of a webct problem
This Week in MATH 418:
- 17 november
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waves in 2D
- 08 november
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w10green.m: green's function from a fourier series
Web Resources & Interest:
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today
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delta function
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(mathematical) distribution
History (& possible Future):
week 01: introduction to PDEs
week 02: first-order PDEs & characteristics
week 03: the wave equation
week 04: well-posedness & intro properties of the diffusion equation
week 05: diffusion solutions
week 06: laplace equation & eigenfunction expansion solution
week 07: poisson formula & maximum principle
week 08: midterm week
week 09: integrals for laplace equation & green's functions
week 10: PDEs in 2 & 3 dimensions
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week 12:
week 13: