Math 266B: Applied PDEs

Winter 2007

Mathematics Department, UCLA

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Instructor

Russel Caflisch

Office: 7619A Math Science Bldg

Office hours: MWF 1-2

Lectures: MWF 10-10:50

Room: 5148 Math Science Bldg

TA

Shuanglin Shao

TA office and hours: MS 6147, Tuesday 1-2PM and Friday 9-10am

TA course website

Discussion Section: Tuesday 10-10:50, 5148 MSB

Course Into

Text: "Partial Differential Equations" by McOwen

Midterm date: Wednesday, February 7 (tentative)

Final exam: takehome (tentative)

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Policies (Tentative and subject to change)

Exams are open book, open notes, calculators allowed

Makeup exams by special advance arrangement only (i.e. arranged before scheduled exam)

No late homework.

Grades: 30% homework, 30% midterm, 40% final exam

Sample exams

Sample midterm

Sample midterm solutions.

Exams and Solutions

midterm

midterm solutions.

final exam Due: 11am, Thursday 3/22/07. Total time allowed for exam: 8 hours

Homework Assignments

Distributed every Friday, due following Friday

Page numbers refer to McOwen's book.

HW1: #2,3,4a,4b,5a,5b from McOwen pp.24-25. Due: Friday, Jan. 19

HW2: #1, 2, 5 from McOwen pp.41. Due: Friday, Jan. 26

HW3: #5, 6 from p.48, #4, 5 from p.59. Due: Friday, Feb. 2

HW4: #1, 2 from p.82, #1, 3 from p.90, #1, 6 from p.94. Due: Friday, Feb. 9

HW5: # 2 from p.99, #2 from p.110. Due: Friday, Feb. 16

HW6: # 8,9 from p.110, #3,4,6 from p. 125. Due: Monday, Feb. 26

HW6 solutions.

HW7: # 8,9 from p. 125. Due: Friday, Mar. 9

HW8: # 1,7 from p. 145, # 4,7 from p. 153. Due: Friday, Mar. 16

To send messages or questions to me, click here: caflisch@math.ucla.edu.

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Prof. Russel Caflisch