MATH 418 - Partial Differential Equations

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This Week in MATH 418:

25 october

w08rand_wk.m: random walk & gaussian probability

w08rand_wk1.m: random walk with absorbing wall

w08rand_2d.m: 2D correlated random walk

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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

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