Instructor:   Prof. Rodolfo H. Torres



Office:  623 Snow - Tel. : 864-7310


E-mail: torres"AT"math.ku.edu


Web page: http://torres.faculty.ku.edu



Tentative office hours:  Mondays, 1:30-2:30 p.m.,


                         Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,


                         and by appointment.
	   



Textbook: Partial Differential Equations, by Walter Strauss, 

                 Wiley and Sons Inc., 1992.(required).

		   



Prerequisites: Math 320 or similar course in ordinary differential equations. 


               Familiarity with Mathematica, Maple, Matlab, or similar


               computer programs will be of help.

		   



		   



Withdrawals: 
		
Jan.  16 - Feb. 19.    The course is deleted fromyour record.

		 
Feb. 20 - Apr. 2.      A grade of W goes on your record.

		 
Apr. 3 - May 7.        Requires Intructor's signature in the drop form. 



		   



Final Exam: 	Friday, May 11, 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Course content: The main purpose of the course is to describe how to solve 
boundary and/or initial value problems for the most common partial differential 
equations appearing in the applied sciences. Several classical methods will be 
presented which are of mathematical interest in their own. The material is 
essentially contained in the first ten chapters of the text book.






Grading: Your grade will be based on the total number of points you will 
obtain and which will be distributed in the following way:




Homework and Projects    200 points


In-class Exam 1 and 2    200 points


Final Exam 		 200 points

		


Total 		         600 points