MATH 3413 -- Fall 2005

Course information

TR, 1:30-2:45am, at PHSC 114

Instructor: Dr. Meijun Zhu; Office: 1006 Physical Sciences Center; Phone: 325-0492; Email: mzhu@math.ou.edu

Office hours: TR: 2:50am-3:30pm.

Textbook: Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences, 3rd edition by Mary L. Boas. We will cover Chapter 2, 7, 8, 12 and -Chapter 13.

Grading Scheme:(Check regularly )

  • Assignments and Due date

    • Homework: 15%
    Midterm: 45%
    Final Exam : 40%

    APPROXIMATE CLASS SCHEDULE

    All section numbers refer Boas', Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences, 3rd edition

    WeekDate Sections Covered WeekDate Sections Covered
    1 08/22-08/26 2.1-2.9, complex numbers, series and convergences 9 10/17-10/21 Catch-up, Review and Midterm II
    2 08/29-09/02 2.10-2.14, more complex functions 10 10/24-10/28 8.8-8.10, Laplace transformations
    3 09/05-09/09 7.1-7.7, Fourier series and convergence 11 10/31-11/04 8.11, 12.1-12.2, Delta function, power series for ODEs
    4 09/12-09/16 7.8-7.11. More on Fourier series 12 11/07-11/11 12.2-12.5, Legendre's equation and polynomials
    5 09/19-09/23 Catch-up, Review and Midterm I 13 11/14-11/18 Catch-up, Review and Midterm III
    6 09/26-09/30 8.1-8.4, First order ODEs 14 11/21-11/25 13.1-13.2, Laplace equations
    7 10/03-10/07 8.5-8.6, second order homogeneous ODEs 15 11/28-12/02 13.3-13.4, Heat and wave equations
    8 10/10-10/14 8.6-8.7, More on 2nd order ODEs (nonhomogeneous and others) 16 12/05-12/09 More on PDEs and Review for final exam

    Policy

    You shall attend all lectures. You are responsible for all information given out during lectures. Attendance will be randomly checked.

    Academic Misconduct: All cases of academic misconduct will be reported to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences for adjudication in accordance with the University's established academic misconduct procedures.

    Reasonable accommodation: Any student in this course who has a disability that may prevent him or her from fully demonstrating his or her abilities should contact me personally as soon as possible so that we can discuss accommodations necessary to ensure full participation and facilitate your educational opportunities.