• Partial Differential Equations and Fourier Series

Math 4720 / TR 9:30-10:45 / Boyds Graduate Research Center 323
The University of Georgia - Spring 2006

Instructor: Jingzhi Tie, BGRC 504, (542-2607).Office Hours: 11-12:30 (TR), E-mail: (jtie@math.uga.edu), 

Required Texts 

  • Nakhle H. Asmar,  Partial Differential Equations, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2005.
Recommended References 
  • R. Churchill and J. Brown, Fourier Series and Boundary Value Problems, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1987.
  • R. B. Guenther and J. W. Lee,  Partial Differential Equations of Mathematical Physics and Integral Equations, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1988.
  • K. E. Gustafson,  Partial Differential Equations and Hilbert Space Methods,  John Wiley & sons, 1987.
  • Gordon, Introduction to Partial Differential Equations, Princeton University Press, 1995
  • Michael E. Taylor,  Partial differential Equations,   Springer, 1996
  • R. Haberman,    Elementary Applied Partial Differential Equations, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 1998.
Prerequisites. This is an introduction course for PDEs and Fourier Series and is intended for students of engineering, mathematics and physics,  who have completed a first course in ordinary differential equations. 

Topics. This course will provide a rigorous introduction to Fourier Series, the Laplace operator, heat and wave equations, Schroedinger's equations..

Reading and Lectures. Students are responsible for all topics covered in the readings and lectures. Assigned material should be read before coming to class. Lectures may go beyond the reading, and not every topic in the reading will be covered in class. 

Grades.  Grades will be based on homework (50%), and one two-hour exam (20%) in the midpoint of the semester and Final exam (30%). 
Homework. Homework will be assigned randomly. Collaboration between students is strongly encouraged, but you must write your own solutions, understand them and give credit to your collaborators. Homework problems are here.

Final exam.  Thu, May 4, 2006, 8:00 - 11:00 am.