Matthew Romney

MAT 341-02 - Applied Real Analysis - Fall 2020

Course Syllabus

The class meets every Monday and Wednesday 2:40-4:00pm on the Zoom platform. Access is here or through Blackboard.

Course information

Office hours:   Monday 1:00-2:00pm
Wednesday 4:00-5:00pm
or by appointment
 
  Office hours will be held on Zoom:
https://stonybrook.zoom.us/j/2482038879?pwd=TDVGcUU4UXhlNHEvdllnckdBb2VpZz09
 
  You also have the option to come to my office (Math Tower 4101B).
 
Teaching Assistant:   Jiahao Hu
 
Textbook:   David Powers, Boundary Value Problems and Partial Differential Equations, 6th ed., Elsevier (Academic Press), 2010.
  The 5th edition is also fine.

Course links

Zoom meeting room:   https://stonybrook.zoom.us/j/94180284321?pwd=a1dINEEvRlhEK3grb29xQkdjS1oyQT09
  Password 199493
 
Video lectures:   https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ieu5Po1lRvn0V50x6Bk3DY76FkK9Miqs?usp=sharing
 
Gradescope:   https://www.gradescope.com/
 
Piazza:   https://piazza.com/class/kcz8dqglw5n20m
 

Course schedule and assignments

Each week’s homework assignment is due at the beginning of Monday’s lecture (2:40 pm) of the following week.
 

Week   Date Sections Assignment
1   Aug. 24  
Aug. 26  
1.1 Periodic functions and Fourier series
1.2 Arbitrary period and half-range expansions
HW 1
1.1: 1abc, 2ad, 4, 7b, 8
1.2: 1, 7, 10b
2 Aug. 31  
Sept. 2  
1.3 Convergence of Fourier series
1.4 Uniform convergence
HW 2 (due Sept. 8)
1.3: 1abd, 2ad, 5, 6
1.4: 1ae, 2, 3ab, 5bc
3  
Sept. 9  
1.5 Operations on Fourier series
2.1 Heat equation: derivation and boundary conditions
HW 3
1.5: 2, 5, 8, 9
Ch. 1 Misc.: 19, 20
2.1: 2, 8
4   Sept. 14  
Sept. 16  
2.2 Steady state temperatures
2.3 Example: fixed end temperatures
HW 4
2.2: 3, 6, 7
2.3: 6, 8
5 Sept. 21  
Sept. 23  
2.4 Example: insulated bar
2.5 Example: different boundary conditions
HW 5 (due Sept. 30)
2.4: 4, 5, 8
2.5: 4, 5, 6
6 Sept. 28  
Sept. 30  
MIDTERM 1 (1.1-1.5, 2.1-2.3)
2.6 Example: convection
HW 6
2.6: 7, 9, 10
7 Oct. 5  
Oct. 7  
2.7 Sturm--Liouville problems  
2.8, 2.9 Expansion in series of eigenfunctions, generalities  
HW 7
2.7: 1, 3abc, 7
2.8: 1,3
8 Oct. 12  
Oct. 14  
1.9 Fourier transform
2.10 Semi-infinite rod
HW 8
1.9: 1abc, 3a, 5a
2.10: 3, 4
9 Oct. 19  
Oct. 21  
3.1 The vibrating string
3.2 Solution of the vibrating string problem
HW 9
3.1: 3
3.2: 3, 4, 5, 7
10 Oct. 26  
Oct. 28  
3.3, 3.4 d'Alembert's solutions, generalities
4.1 Potential equation (Laplace's equation)
HW 10
3.3: 1, 2, 5
Ch. 3 Misc.: 4, 5, 31, 32
11 Nov. 2  
Nov. 4  
4.2 Potential in a rectangle
MIDTERM 2 (2.4-2.9, 1.9, 2.10, 3.1-3.4)
HW 11
4.1: 1, 2, 6
4.2: 5, 6
12 Nov. 9  
Nov. 11  
4.3 Further examples for a rectangle
4.4 Potential in unbounded regions
HW 12
4.3: 1a, 2b
4.4: 4a, 5ab
13 Nov. 16  
Nov. 18  
4.5 Potential in a disk
5.3 Two-dimensional heat equation
HW 13
4.5: 1, 4
5.3: 5, 7abc, 10
Nov. 23  
Nov. 25  
THANKSGIVING BREAK
14 Nov. 30  
Dec. 2  
4.6 Classification and limitations  
Final exam review, part 1
Suggested problems
4.6: 5, 7, 8  
15 Dec. 7  
 
Final exam review, part 2  
 
Dec. 9   Final Exam
5:30-8:00pm
Cumulative
All sections included in Midterms 1, 2
plus 4.1-4.5, 5.3

Exams

Midterm I: Monday, September 28, 2:40-4:00pm. (Online)

Practice exams from previous semesters:
Practice 1 (Solutions)
Practice 2 (Solutions)
Practice 3 (with solutions)
Practice 4 (Solutions)
Practice 5 (with solutions)

Midterm II: Wednesday, November 4, 2:40-4:00pm. (Online)

Practice exams from previous semesters:
Practice 1 (Solutions)
Practice 2 (Solutions)
Practice 3 (with solutions)

Final: Wednesday, December 9, 5:30-8:00pm. (Online)

Practice exams from previous semesters:
Practice 1
Practice 2
Practice 3
Practice 4
Practice 5 (Solutions)