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Course description
MATH 582 - NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Prerequisite: Math 581.
Numerical solution of time-dependent partial differential
equations, both hyperbolic and parabolic. Numerical solution of
boundary value problems, especially elliptic partial differential
equations, numerical linear algebra.
Math 582 ----- Spring, 1996
- CLASS MEETS: 8:30 - 9:20 a.m., MW, in Wilson 1-128 and 8:00 -
8:50 a.m., F, in Wilson 1-139
- INSTRUCTOR:
Ken Bowers
- OFFICE: Wilson 2-254
- OFFICE HOURS: 10-11, MW and 9-10 F
- PHONE:994-5342
- EMAIL:bowers@math.montana.edu
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SPRING 1996 SCHEDULE
- TEXTBOOK:The texts are Numerical Partial Differential
Equations by J. W. Thomas and Numerical Solution of Partial
Differential Equations by the Finite Element Method by Claes Johnson.
- GRADING SYSTEM:
The course grade will be based exams, homework assignments and projects.
Homework, projects, quizzes, and tests
Project #1 Due Friday 2-16
Homework #1 Due Friday 2-16
Homework #2 Due Friday 2-23
Homework #3 Due Friday 3-29
Homework #4 Due Friday 4-26
Homework #5 Due Friday 5-3
Project #2 Due Friday 5-3
Final exam, Chapters 4, 5, & 6
Due Friday 5-10
Software
You may use the software packages of your choice. I would recommend the
packages
MATLAB developed by The
MathWorks, Inc. and
Maple
developed by the Symbolic
Computation Group of the University of Waterloo.