Meets 10:30AM-11:50AM, TuTh, in Room D321, E.Q.

Instructor:

• S. H. (Harvey) Lam,
• Office: D302c, E.Q. Ext. 8-5133. email: lam@princeton.edu  (your are welcome to ask questions by email).
• TA: Jim Scire,
• Office: J-232, E.Q. Ext. 8-0313. email: jscire@princeton.edu
• Office hour: D321 E.Q., 4PM-5PM;  monday afternoon.

This course is an introduction to partial differential equations (PDE), covering first order as well as the standard second order PDEs of interests in engineering and science. In addition, the beautiful theory of complex variables, which underlies the methodology of Laplace transform and Fourier Transform, will be studied.

There will be weekly homeworks (30%), two mid-terms (20% each), and one final (30%). Homework assignments are posted on Tuesdays each week, and are due before 5:00PM the next Tuesday. There are clearly marked IN and OUT trays for MAE 306 somewhere on the bookcase just outside my office (D302c EQ). Answers to previous week's assignment will be posted below.

Textbook:

• Michael Greenberg, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Second Edition, Prentice Hall.

Lecture Schedule:

• February 2, 4;
• Chapter 17, Fourier Series, Fourier Integral, Fourier Transform.
• Notes 1a.
• Notes 1b. Supplement to 2/4/99 lecture. Updated 2/5/99.
• February 9, 11;
• Chapter 17, continued.
• Notes 2a.
• February 16, 18;
• Chapter 18, Diffusion Equation.
• Notes 3a.
• Notes 3b. Green's functions. Updated 2/23/99 8:46AM.
• February 23, 25; Green's functions; numerical methods.
• Chapter 18, continued; more on Notes 3b.
• Notes 4a. Numerical methods. (Updated 3/1/99; for typos)
• Matlab subroutine tridag.m.
• March 2, 4;
• First Order PDEs.
• Notes 5a.
• March 9, 11 (Mid-term);
• 3/9/99, Review before Mid-term.
• Notes 6a, Mid Term Study Hints.
• 2/11/99, Mid-Term.
• Mid-Term with Answers. (minor typos corrected 3/23/99)
• ******* Spring Break *******
• March 23, 25;
• Chapter 19, Wave Equation.
• Notes 7a. (gibberish at end deleted 3/25/99; no other editing)
• Notes 7b.
• Notes 7c.
• March 30; April 1;
• Chapter 20, Laplace Equation
• Notes 8a.
• Notes 8b. (updated 4/1/99; 9:40AM)
• April 6, 8;
• Chapter 21, Functions of a Complex Variable.
• Notes 9a. (significant update 4/8/99)
• April 11, 15;
• Chapter 22, Conformal Mapping.
• Notes 10a.
• April 20, 22;
• Chapter 23, The Complex Integral Calculus.
• Notes 11a.
• April 27, 29;
• Chapter 24, Taylor Series, Laurent Series, and the Residue Theorem.
• Review Sessions.
• ...
• May 3-11; Reading Period.
• At least one more review sessions will be scheduled.
• ...
• Final exam is scheduled on May 14th, 1999, Friday, 8:30AM, in C-305 EQ.