M372K - PDE's and applications
First Day Handout

Unique number: 57435

Meeting time and place: T-TH 11:00-12:30pm   RLM 5.116.

Web page: http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/gamba/S05/m372K.htlm

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

email: gamba@math.utexas.edu

Office hours:Thursdays 1:00 - 2:00 and by appointment.

discussion section: TBA
Teaching Assistant: Ricaro Alonso ; E-Mail: ralonso@math.utexas.edu

Textbook: Elementary Applied Partial Differential Equations, by Richard Haberman

Prerequisites: Prerequisites:M427K, with a grade of at least C. One of (linear algebra courses) M311K or M340C or M341 or M346 and/or 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 Wednesdays.

Exams: There will be two in-class midterm exams, tentatively on Thursday March 24 and Thursday May 5, plus a final exam on Wed 11 May, 9 to 12 noon, 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