2009 Fall Math 678-001 Partial Differential Equations
8/25/2009
Meeting days and time: Monday and Wednesday, 5:55 p.m. - 7:10 p.m.
Classroom: Monday (Robinson Hall B, Room 122), Wednesday (Science and Technology 1, Room 242)
Instructor: Dr. J. E. Lin
Office: Room 259, Science and Technology 1
Office hours: Monday and Wednesday, 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Telephone: (703)993-1459
Email: jelin@gmu.edu
Textbook: Partial Differential Equations by Lawrence C. Evans, Graduate Studies in Mathematics, Volume 19, American Mathematical Society.
Course content: Introduction to PDE, transport equation, Laplace’s equation, heat equation, wave equation, Sobolev spaces, Sobolev inequalities, second order elliptic equations, linear evolution equations, nonlinear first-order PDE, separation of variables, similarity solutions, transform methods, converting nonlinear PDE into linear PDE, asymptotics, and power series,

Last day to drop: October 2, 2009.

Grading system:
1. Homework -------------------------------------------------------------------------------400 points
2. Final examination (Take-home. Distributed on Wednesday, 12/9/2009 and due on
Monday, 12/14/2009, 8 p.m.)---------------------------------------------------------------100 points
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Total: 500 points

Grade
490 points <= A+
450 points <= A <= 489 points
440 points <= A- <= 449 points
430 points <= B+ <= 439 points
400 points <= B <= 429 points
390 points <= B- <= 399 points
380 points <= C+ <= 389 points
350 points <= C <= 379 points
340 points <= C- <= 349 points
300 points <= D <= 339 points
F <= 299 points