Course Schedule

MATH 7530 - Fall 2024

Below is a course schedule. It contains an outline of course topics, homework, quiz and exam dates.

Week Date Topics Section HW
1 Introduction and Laplace/Elliptic Equations Ch1,2.2
M 8/19 Introduction 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
W 8/21 Transport Equations $u_t + b\cdot\nabla u=0$, Laplace's Equations $\Delta u = 0$ 2.1,2.2
F 8/23 Poisson's Equation $\Delta u = f$ 2.2
2 M 8/26 Harmonic Functions, Mean Value Formula and Maximum Principle 2.2
W 8/28 Smoothness of Solutions, Liouville's Theorem 2.2
F 8/30 Regularity Estimates 2.2
3 M 9/2 Labor Day - No Class
W 9/4 Analyticity 2.2
F 9/6 Harnack's Inequality, Green's functions 2.2 Problem Set 1 Due
4 M 9/9 Green's functions and BVPs 2.2
W 9/11 Class Cancelled
F 9/13 Poisson's Formula 2.2
5 M 9/16 Energy Methods 2.2
Heat/Parabolic Equations Ch2
W 9/18 Heat Equation $u_t - \Delta u = 0$ and heat Kernel 2.3
F 9/20 IVP, Duhamels principle 2.3 Problem Set 2 Due
6 M 9/23 Mean value formula 2.3
W 9/25 Maximum principle and uniqueness 2.3
F 9/27 Regularity 2.3
7 M 9/30 Energy methods and backwards uniqueness 2.3
Wave Equation and Sobolev Spaces Ch2
W 10/2 Wave Equation Problem Set 3 Due
F 10/4 Fall Break - No Class
8 Nonlinear first Order PDE Ch4
M 10/7 Complete integrals and Envelopes
W 10/9
F 10/11
9 M 10/14
W 10/16
F 10/18
10 M 10/21
W 10/23
F 10/25
11 M 10/28
W 10/30 Take Home Exam 1 Due
F 11/1
12 M 11/4
W 11/6
F 11/8
13 M 11/11
W 11/13
F 11/15
14 M 11/18
W 11/20
F 11/22
15 M 11/25 Thanksgiving Break - No Class
W 11/27 Thanksgiving Break - No Class
F 11/29 Thanksgiving Break - No Class
16 M 12/2
W 12/4
F 12/6
17 W 12/11 Exam