MA584: Numerical Solution of  Differential Equations

Finite Difference Methods

Fall Semester, 2020, T TH 4:30-5:45pm, Online: Check Moodle for online meeting information
Instructor:  Dr. Zhilin Li,  Tel: 515-3210
     Office Hours:  Mondays: 10:00-10:45am; Thursdays: 2:00-2:45pm, or by online appointment

E-mail:  <click to e-mail >

Book Cover        Appendix (ODE IVP solver and References)       Q & A

Book_Corrections

Materials                               Course  Syllabus

Q/A and possible projects

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Homework via Moodle     Project Guidelines     Guidelines

 
HW1
  HW2   
  HW3
HW4: Part A
 HW5  
  HW6

Matlab codes of some examples:

Matlab use is strongly recommended. Matlab is free to all registered graduate students both on and off the campus (Cisco AnyConnect VPN is needed). A student copy of Matlab is $45-$99. You can also access it from university through Remote Access Service, VCL. 

IVP Matlab code:   my_euler.m      chem.m         chem_drive.m
 
two_point.m,  main.m, f.m , compare.m, compareb.m
ghost_and_bw.m    ghost_at_b.m     bw_at_b.m      f.m
 poisson_matlab.m poisson_sorb.m bc.m     lax_fred.m      u0.m       uexact.m    upwind.m
two_pointc.m  maina.m
Mixed              Eigenvalue
 Non-linear
  heat1d.m  heat1d_b.muexact.m f.m f2.m
mol.m   ux_mol.m yfun_mol.m
crank.m  dan.mdel4.m   f.m    g1.m   g2.m      uexact.m		  adi.m      f.m        uexact.m

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