M372K - PDE's and applications
First Day Handout

Unique number: 57035

Meeting time and place: Tu-Th 2:00 - 3:15pm ,  RLM 5.122.

Web page: http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/gamba/F02/m372K.htlm

Professor: Irene M. Gamba, RLM 10.166, X1-7150

email: gamba@math.utexas.edu

Office hours:Tuesdays 10:30-11:30am and by appointment.

Textbook: Elementary Applied Partial Differential Equations, by Richard Haberman

Prerequisites: Prerequisites:M427K, with a grade of at least C. One of M361K or M365C is also recommended

Syllabus: We will attempt to cover issues from most of the first 12 chapters , with some sections skipped. Use of Matlab or Mathematica may be required on some assignments.

Homework: There will be weekly problem sets, due in class on Thursdays.

Exams: There will be two in-class midterm exams, tentatively on October 17 and December 5, plus a final exam on December on the University announced scheduled date . No make-up dates.

Grading: First midterm counts 100pts. A comprenhensive second midterm exam counts 200pts. The homework, taken together, counts 100pts. The final grade distribution is neither a straight scale nor a fixed curve. It depends on how well the class does as a whole, but I hope to give mostly A's and B's. You will not need to take a final exam on the regular final schedule if your cummulative grade is A or if you wish to improve it in case it is a lower than A. In this case the final exam will count 200pts and replace the comprenhensive second exam.

Disabilities: The University of Texas at Austin provides upon request appropriate academic accommodations for qualified students with disabilities. For more information, contact the Office of the Dean of Students at 471-6259, 471-4641 TTY

Homework # 1: Chapter 1.4, exercises 1-a , b, c, d, e, f, g; 3; 4-b, 7-a. -- Due Tuesday 9-10 in class
Chapter 1.5, exercises 2; 3; 5; 9; 10; 11; 14.-- Due Thursday 9-12 in class