MATH A3500 Partial Differential Equations I

First order equations, shock waves; classification and canonical forms of higher order equations, characteristics, the Cauchy problem for the wave equation: Huygens' principle; the heat equation; Laplace's equation; the Dirichlet and Neuman problems; harmonic functions; eigenvalue expansions; Green's functions.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

(MATH 32500 or MATH 32404) and MATH 39100.

Contact Hours

4 hr./wk.