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Instructor: Zhilin Li, SAS3148, 515-3210         T TH  3:00-4:15 pm,        Online: Check Moodle for more information.

Office Hours: TH: 10:00-10:50am, M: 2:00-2:50pm online or by appointment            

E-mail:  <click to e-mail >


Course Outline                


Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, public health measures have been implemented across campus.  Students should stay current with these practices and expectations through the Protect the Pack website (https://www.ncsu.edu/coronavirus/).


Text Book:

The Instructor's Book Draft (7/30/2021)         


Reference:   Partial Differential Equations with Fourier Series and Boundary Value Problems

Authors:

 

Special functions



Test 1:  9/23          Test 2:   10/28        Final:             

Materials:       


Homework Guidelines  (WebWork     Help )           Selected Homework Solutions      

Written HW#1:  Due 9/19
E1.1 (e), (f). E1.3 (c).

E2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, E2.7 (a), (c).

E3.1, 3.2,3.3
Written HW#2:  Due 10/24
E. 4.2, 4.3, 4.5,  4.7, 4.8: (a)-(d),   (e) (derive as much as you can. ** Extra credit for using a computer to plot)
4.10, 4.11,4.13

Written HW#3:  Due 11/23
E. 5.5, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 6.2, 6.3, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10

Requirement for homework: Need to be readable and recognizable. Include process in your written assignments.



Matlab Files:       Matlab_Sine_Triangular


Maple files:        A quick guide to Maple.   

Advection demo:      Advect_Sine_Wave        Wave_since_animation           

plot_x_cotx_and piecewise_f       (The pdf file)

Variation of parameters         Fourier_x_LtoL.mws       Fourier_Sawtooth_LtoL.mws          Fourier_sinxhalf_LtoL.mws                    

Maple file for 1D Wave equation with animation::    Wave_sep_10      Wave_sep_xcos

Maple file for 1D Heat Equation with animation:    Heat_sep_ex1

Maple file for 1D Heat Equation of a triangular initial condition with animation: Heat_triangular

Maple file for 2D Laplace Equation:   laplace_mws

Bessel functionorder 0  of first kind.

Vibration of a circular membrane (radially symmetric): Derivation and animation,

Commonly used differential form in polar and spherical coordinates. 


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