This course is an introduction to Fourier Series and to their use and application in solving partial differential equations (PDE's). The course focuses on the heat equation, the wave equation and the potential or Laplace equation. These are the three main and fundamental types of PDE's. They are important in many applications and illustrate important properties of PDE's in general.
It will probably benefit you a lot to read the correspondings sections of the text before each lecture. There is a lot of material in the text that can't be covered in class, and you will need to read and understand this on your own. Always feel free to ask questions to your instructor and grader.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Final Exam: Wed., Dec. 11, 5:30 - 8:00pm.
The Final will have at least 5 but less than 10 problems. The exam will cover topics discussed over the full semester, but with some emphasis on Chapters 4 and 5 of the text. See below for sections which were not covered, and so will not be on the exam.
Last week of classes:
Review Please come prepared with questions to ask, things you'd like me (the instructor) to go over and/or discuss.
Midterm Exam: TBA
Material on Exam: TBA
If you know you cannot make this Midterm date (out of town, etc) please send me an email and we'll make arrangements.
Topics in text you may skip:
Ch. 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.10, 1.11.
Ch. 2.1, 2.5, 2.6, 2.9.
Ch. 3.1, most of 3.4, 3.5, most of 3.6
Ch. 5.1, 5.2, 5.4 - 5.8
MAT 341
Lecture and Recitation
Final Exam: Friday Dec 11, 5:30-8:00pm, Place: TBA
LEC 2
MW
2:30pm- 3:50pm
Physics
P113
Xiuxiong Chen
Course Grader
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Willie Rush Lim
Instructor: Xiuxiong Chen
Office Location: 4-100B Math Tower
Email: xiu@math.stonybrook.edu
Web site: http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~xiu/
Office hours: M 11:00am-1:00am
Grader:
R01: Willie Rush Lim
Email: Lim.Willie@stonybrook.edu
Office: Math Tower S-240A
Office hours: Tu 4:00pm-5:00pm (office), Tu 12:00-1:00pm,W 3:30pm-4:30pm (Math Learning Center)
Course Text:
Boundary Value Problems and Partial Differential Equations, 6th Edition, by David L. Powers, Elsevier (Academic Press), 2010.
Homework:
There will be weekly HW assignments, generally due in class on Wednesday. Check the course schedule below for the assignments.
Note that solutions to some of the problems are at the back of the textbook. You should nonetheless try and solve these problems without recourse to the answer key and should write up the solution carefully in your own words, even if you consulted the book for the final answer. You must always show your work to receive credit.
It is OK to discuss HW problems with other students. However, each student must write up homework solutions individually in his/her own words, rather than merely copying from someone else.The grader for this course, Willie Rush Lim, will not accept late homework unless there is a valid reason (e.g. a medical reason).
Grading Policy:
Grades will be computed according to the following percentages:
Homework
20%
Midterm, Date TBD, in class
30%
Final Exam: Friday Dec 11, 5:30-8:00pm, Place: TBA
50% (cumulative)
No make-up exams will be given. If a midterm exam is missed because of a serious (documented) illness or emergency, your semester grade will be determined on the basis of other work done in the course. Exams missed for other reasons will be counted as failures.
Resources: If you have questions regarding the course material at any time during the semester, you are encouraged to visit your instructor or TA during office hours, or make a separate appointment if necessary. Your instructors will also reply to email, within reason. Another excellent source of help is the Mathematics Learning Center (S240A in the Math Building - basement level), which is staffed by advanced math majors, graduate students and faculty daily. For a schedule of their hours, check their website.
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Schedule of Topics
Week of
Topics
Problems Due
Due Date
Aug 26
1.1: Periodic Functions, Fourier Series
1.2: Half Range expansions, even/odd
1.3: Convergence theorems
1.1: 1(b), 7
1.2: 1(a), 4, 8, 10(d), 11(d)
1.3: 2(d), 8
Sept 11
Sept 2
1.1: Periodic Functions, Fourier Series 1.2: Half Range expansions, even/odd
1.3: Convergence theorems
1.1: 1(b), 7
1.2: 1(a), 4, 8, 10(d), 11(d)
1.3: 2(d), 8
Sept 11
Sept 9
1.4: Uniform convergence
1.5: Operations on Fourier Series
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1.9 Fourier Integrals
2.1 Heat Eqn:initial & bdry conds
1.5: 2, 3, 8
1.9 : 1a, 3a, 3b
2.1: 2
Sept 25 Sept 23
2.1 Initial & bndy conds.
2.2 Steady State solns
2.3 Dirichlet conds.
2.2: 4, 5, 6
2.3: 5, 6, 7, 8
Oct. 2nd
Sept 30
2.4 Neumann boundary problem
2.7 Sturm-Liouville problems
2.8 Expansions in eigenfunctions
2.10 Semi-infinite Domain
2.4: 2, 4, 5, 8, 9
2.7: 3(d),(e)
Oct 7th Oct 7
2.11 Infinite Domain
3.1 The Wave Equation
3.2 Soln of Wave Eqn
2.10: 1, 2, 4, 7
2.11: 5, 7
Oct 16th Oct 14
3.3 D'Alembert's Soln
3.4 Generalities
3.2: 1, 2, 4, 5, 14
3.3: 8
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Oct 21st
Oct 21
3.6 Unbounded domains
4.1 The Potential Equation
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No HW due Oct 28th
Oct 28
Midterm (in class), Monday
4.2 Potential in a Rectangle
4.3 More on Rectangle problems
4.1: 2, 10
4.2: 5, 6
4.3: 2a, 10
Nov. 6th Nov 4
4.5 Potential Eqn. in Disc
4.4 General Features of Potential Eqn. (not all in text)
4.4: 27, 28
4.5: 2, 4, 9, 10
Nov 13th
Nov 11
5.1-5.2 PDE's in higher dimensions
5.3 2-d Heat Eqn in Rectangle
5.1: 2
5.2: 5
5.3: 5, 6, 7c, 11
Nov 20th Nov 18
5.9: Spherical Coords; Legendre Polys
5.10: Applications of Legendre Polys
5.9: 11, 12
5.10: 1, 2
Misc. Ex.p.371ff: 19, 25
Nov 27th Dec 2