Spring 2016 Math 689-003
Nonlinear PDE’s (Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations)
Schedule: Thursday 7:20 pm – 10 pm, Exploratory Hall 4106
Instructor: Dr. J. E. Lin.
Telephone (703)993-1459
Email: jelin@gmu.edu
Office hours: Tuesday 6:45 pm - 8 pm and Thursday 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm, or by appointments.
Textbook: Partial Differential Equations, Second Edition, by Lawrence C. Evans. American Mathematical Society, 2010 Reprint with corrections 2015
Topics to be covered: Hamilton-Jacobi Equations, Systems of Conservation Laws, Nonlinear Wave Equations.
First Day of the class: 1/21/2016
Spring Break: 3/7 - 3/11/2016
Last Day of the class 4/28/2016
All the tests and the final examination are take-home.