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01246 Partial Differential Equations - Applied Mathematics
Danish title: Partielle differentialligninger - anvendt matematik
Language:  English    ECTS-creditpoints:  10, External examination.   
Type:  , open university
Class schedule:   E5
Exam schedule:   E5-A (dec 20 2001), F5-A (jun 07 2002)
Recommended semester:  4th -7th semester
Scope and form:  Full day sessions 13 Wednesdays 9-17 with a mix of lectures and exercises. Project problems is done individual any other convenient time in the week.
Evaluation:  Written exam
Examination:  13-scale
Prerequisites:  01030 / 01031 / 01032 / 01034 / 36260
Aim:  The purpose is to enable the students to study and solve a number of simple problems in partial differential equations originating in Engineering and Mathematical Physics by using tools from Calculus.
Contents:  Linear Partial Differential Equations (PDE's). Wave equations. Diffusion and heat equations. Laplace, Poisson and Helmholtz equations. Harmonic functions. Sources in PDE's. Initial and boundary value problems. Expansion of solutions in orthogonal series, e.g. Fourier series. Fourier and Hankel transformations.
Remarks:  Textbook: N. H. Asmar: Partial Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems. Prentice Hall, 2000.
Contact:  Ove Skovgaard, building 303, (+45) 4525 3012, ove.skovgaard@mat.dtu.dk
Department: 001 Department of Mathematics
Course URL:  http://www.mat.dtu.dk/courses/01246
Keywords:  Partiel differential equations, Boundary value problems, Applied mathematics, Initial value problems, Sources
Updated:  04-05-2001