MATH 418 - Partial Differential Equations

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This Week in MATH 418:

29 november

26 november

link: total gridlock

22 november

w12shock.m: characteristic solution of nonlinear wave equation

17 november

waves in 2D

Web Resources & Interest:

today

delta function

(mathematical) distribution

History (& possible Future):

  week 01: introduction to PDEs

  week 02: first-order PDEs & characteristics

  week 03: the wave equation

  week 04: well-posedness & intro properties of the diffusion equation

  week 05: diffusion solutions

  week 06: laplace equation & eigenfunction expansion solution

  week 07: poisson formula & maximum principle

  week 08: midterm week

  week 09: integrals for laplace equation & green's functions

  week 10: PDEs in 2 & 3 dimensions

  week 11: delta functions & green's functions

  week 12:

  week 13: