Spring 2009 Course Syllabus
Course: 8142.001.
Course Title: Partial Differential Equations.
Time: Tu and Th 2:40-4:00PM.
Place: Wachman 447.
Instructor: Gutierrez, Cristian E.
Instructor Office: Wachman 432.
Instructor Email: cristian.gutierrez@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 1-7284.
Course Web Page: http://www.math.temple.edu/~gutierre/math562/562syllabus.html
Office Hours: Tu & Th 4-5PM or by appointment.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of real variables and Lebesgue integration and Math 8141.
Textbook: Partial Differential Equations, by L. C. Evans, Graduate Texts in Mathematics vol. 19, American Mathematical Society, 1998, ISBN: 0-8218-0772-2.Elliptic Partial Differential Equations of Second Order, by D. Gilbarg and N. S. Trudinger, Springer, ISBN: 9783540411604.
Course Goals: To prepare students to do research in this area and use differential equations in the applications.
Topics Covered: This course is continuation of Math 8142 taught in the Fall 2008. Topics to be covered include: solution of first order pdes by the method of characteristics; general elliptic equations of second order, estimates of second order derivatives, Schauder estimates; Hilbert space methods to solve uniformly elliptic pdes.
Course Grading: It will be based on regular homework and take home exams.
Exam Dates: TBA.
Attendance Policy: Attendance to lectures is strongly suggested.
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