Important update: due to the winter conditions office hours are now: MWF 2:00-3:00 pm or by appointment.
Homework 1.
Problems 1, 2, 3, 5, 11, 12, 13, 14 page 35. This homework is due on Friday January 30th at 1:10 pm.
Homework 2.
Problems 6, 10, 16 page 35 and 1, 3 page 40. This homework is due on Monday February 9th at 1:10 pm.
Homework 3.
Problems 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 page 72. This homework is due on Monday February 16 at 1:10 pm.
Midterm exam 1.
It will take place over two days: Friday February 20th (this part will cover essentially the same material as the first two homework assignments) and Monday February 23rd (this part will cover mainly first order equations and the method of characteristics). You have to take both parts to have a chance to get the maximal total grade. Make up exams will be given only if there are serious reasons to miss one or both parts of the exam. There will be a problem session in class on Wednesday February 18th.
Homework 4.
Problems 2, 4 page 132, and problems 2, 4, 6 page 146. In the last 3 problems solve the homogenous one-dimensional wave equation with c=1 and the initial displacement h(x) and initial velocity g(x). This homework is due Friday March 13th.
Homework 5.
Problems 2, 4, 6, 8 page 185. This homework is due Friday March 19th.
Midterm exam 2.
The exam will take place Friday 19th (first part) and April 5th (second part). Material covered by these exams: the wave equation and Fourier expansion of a function.
Additional classes!!!!
We will meet for additional classes twice a week: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 pm to 6:50 pm. The first class will be held on Tuesday March 30th in MSB 276. I plan to cover Fourier transform methods applied to PDEs on unbounded regions. This part will be independent on the material covered MWF (mainly separation of variables method). Attendance on Tuesday and Thursday is voluntary. Students who will attend this part will be able to take an exam based on the material covered. This is an extra exam and the score on this exam will replace the lowest score on the remaining exams, including the final.