MAT 207B, Winter Quarter, 2016
Lectures: MWF 10:00–10:50 a.m., Bainer 1128
Text: Boundary and Eigenvalue Problems in Mathematical Physics, Hans Sagan (recommended but not required)
Smart Site: The Smartsite for the class is here
John Hunter
Department of Mathematics
University of California
Davis, CA 95616, USA
Office: 3230 Mathematical Sciences Building
Office hours: MW 2:30–3:45 p.m.
e-mail: jkhunter@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 601-4444 x4016 (Office); (530) 752-6653 (Fax)
Office: MSB 3229
Office hours: R 1:30–2:30 p.m.
Solutions to the final exam are here.
This class will cover some of the classical methods of applied mathematics including:
This book is a good resource for further information about Green's functions, BVPs, and related topics. It's available online from Wiley, free to UC addresses, at:
Naoki Saito has an extensive set of lecture notes on the topics covered in this class:
Lecture notes which include further discussion of some of the topics covered in this class are here:
There will be one in-class Midterm and an in-class Final
Solutions to the Midterm are here.
The Midterm will be in class on Friday, Feb 19. It will be closed book and cover the class material up to this point. A brief outline of topics together with the relevant sections of the text are as follows:
Problem set 1 (Due Friday, Jan 22)
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Solutions: Set 1
Problem set 2 (Due Friday, Jan 29)
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Solutions: Set 2
Problem set 3 (Due Friday, Feb 5)
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Solutions: Set 3
Problem set 4 (Due Friday, Feb 12)
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Solutions: Set 4
Problem set 5 (Due Friday, Feb 19)
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Solutions: Set 5
Problem set 6 (Due Friday, Mar 4)
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Solutions: Set 6
Problem set 7 (Due Monday, Mar 14) (Due Friday, Mar 18)
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