SYLLABUS
FOR
MATH 3326
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
COURSE: MTH 3326
Section 1 T,TH 11:00-12:15
pm SR 324
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Lance L. Littlejohn, Office SR 316B
OFFICE HOURS: M: 10:00 am – 11:00 am
W: 2:00 pm -3:00pm
F: 11:00 am -12:00 noon
DEPARTMENTAL PHONE: 710-3561
OFFICE PHONE:
710-3165
EMAIL ADDRESS:
Lance_Littlejohn@baylor.edu
TEXT: Basic
Partial Differential Equations, David Bleecker
and George Csordas, International Press, 1996
PREREQUISITES:
A grade of C or better in MTH 2321 and MTH 3325.
ATTENDANCE: Attendance for each class is expected. You
should be aware of the attendance policy as stated in the Baylor catalog. Should you miss a class for whatever reason,
you are still responsible for the material discussed and any assignments
made. Also, please get to class on time.
Grading
Policy:
Your final grade is based on three components: Quizzes (10%), 3 Midterm Exams
(each worth 20%) and a Comprehensive Final Exam (worth 30%). Further details
are listed below on each of these components.
Homework: No homework will be collected – but each
student is urged to keep up with the homework that is assigned after each
class. Weekly quizzes – see below - will instead be given to make sure that
students are keeping up to date on a daily basis.
Quizzes: Weekly
quizzes will be given to make sure that students are keeping up to date on a daily
basis. I am hoping that there will be at least 11 quizzes given during the
course of the semester and your best 10
quizzes will count for a total of 10% of your final grade. Usually, these
quizzes will be given on Thursday but sometimes, due to a tight schedule, a
quiz may be postponed until the following Tuesday. NO MAKEUP QUIZZES WILL BE
GIVEN.
Midterm
Tests: There will be three midterm tests (see
schedule below for approximate test dates). Each of these three midterms will be worth 20% of your final grade.
I am tentatively scheduling the
following dates for each of our midterm examinations:
Midterm 1: October 2 (Thursday)
Midterm 2: November 6 (Thursday)
Midterm 3: December 4 (Thursday)
Comprehensive
Departmental Final: The comprehensive
departmental final will be worth 30% of your final grade. This exam will be given on Thursday, December 11 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm. NO
CHANGES CAN BE MADE IN THE FINAL EXAM TESTING SCHEDULE, PLEASE PLAN ACCORDINGLY. If
you have a conflict with the final exam time, you should drop the course and
take it another semester.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this course is
to study the theory and applications of linear algebra. Thus we will
(1) learn the basics of solving first-order linear PDE’s,
(2)
learn about
classifying second-order PDE’s into hyperbolic,
parabolic, and elliptic equations ,
(3)
study the wave
equation, heat equation, and
(4)
the basics of Fourier analysis.
The chapters in the textbook
that we will specifically study are:
(1) Chapter 2 – First-Order PDE’s
(2) Supplementary Material –
Classifying Second-Order PDE’s
(3) Chapter 3 – The Heat
Equation
(4) Chapter 4 – Fourier Series and Sturm-Liouville
Equations
(5) Chapter 5 – The Wave
Equation
(6) Chapter 6 –