2017 Spring Course Syllabus - Mathematics 8024.001
Course: Mathematics 8024.001.
Course Title: Numerical Differential Equations II.
Time: TR 11:00am-12:20pm.
Place: 527 Wachman Hall.
Instructor: Benjamin Seibold.
Instructor Office: 518 Wachman Hall.
Instructor Email: benjamin.seibold@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: (215) 204 - 1656.
Course Web Page: https://math.temple.edu/~seibold/teaching/2017_8024/
Office Hours: T 12:20pm-1:30pm, R 10:00am-11:00am.
Prerequisites: see course website.
Textbook: see course website.
Course Goals: see course website.
Topics Covered: This course is designed for graduate students of all areas who are interested in numerical methods for differential equations, with focus on a rigorous mathematical basis. Many modern and efficient approaches are presented, after fundamentals of numerical approximation are established. This course continues last semester's 8023. Topics covered include nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws, finite volume methods, ENO/WENO, SSP Runge-Kutta schemes, wave equations, spectral methods, interface problems, level set method, Hamilton-Jacobi equations, Stokes problem, Navier-Stokes equation, and pseudospectral approaches for fluid flow. Further topics possible upon request.
Course Grading: 33.3% homework, 33.3% project, 33.3% final exam.
Exam Dates: TBA.
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