Math 112a Instructor  Yuri Godin
Mathematical Methods for  Office hours:    MWF 10:00 am-11:00 am
Engineering and Science
Fall Quarter 2000 Office:  MST 244
Course #44515 Phone:  (949)-824-7715
MWF 9:00-9:50 am in SST 220A   Email:  ygodin@math.uci.edu

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Text:  Richard Haberman,  Elementary Applied Partial Differential Equations , Prentice Hall, 3th edition 1998. ISBN: 0-13-263807-X. I may ask you to read some sections on your own; and I may introduce some material that is not in the text.

Scope of course: The course will develop methods and approaches for solving mathematical problems arising in applications, including ordinary differential equations and its applications. Tentative Course Outline: Orthogonal expansions, Fourier series, Sturm-Liouville theory, Classical partial differential equations (wave, heat, Laplace equations).

Exams: There will be five quizzes, one in-class midterm exam and a final exam. The weighting for the grades is the following: Quizzes - 5x10%, Midterm exam - 20%, Comprehensive final exam - 30%. All exams are closed notes and books. Picture ID with signature is required and must be presented upon request. This is your responsibility to keep the tests and quizzes until the end of the quarter.

Partial Credit: Partial credit for incomplete answers will only be given if you did complete a substantial fraction which demonstrates your understanding of the material. However, on all quizzes and exams you have the give up option: if you clearly write the words "Give Up'' underneath your answer, it will not be read (whether wrong or right) and you will receive 20% of the maximum score by default.

Late exams, incompletes, etc.: I never give "early" exams, and hardly ever give "late" exams. If I do allow you to take a late exam, you can be sure that it will be different from - and harder than - the one given to the rest of the class. If you have a well-documented excuse showing that for reasons beyond your control it was absolutely impossible for you to take an exam, it will be rescheduled at a later date and a commensurate penalty will be assessed.

Homework assignments

Course WEB resources
Additional reading:
  1. Harry F. Davis, Fourier Series and Orthogonal Functions, Dover 1989
  2. Philippe Dennery, Andre Krzywicki, Mathematics for Physisists, Dover 1996
  3. Stanley J. Farlow, Partial Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers, Dover 1993
  4. Hans Sagan, Boundary and Eigenvalue Problems in Mathematical Physics, Dover 1990
  5. Georgi P. Tolstov, Fourier Series, Dover 1987
  6. Hans F. Weinberger, A First Course in Partial Differential Equations, Dover 1995

Mathematician Jokes

Final exam is coming soon...
(Wednesday, December 6, 8:00 am - 10:00am)