The Cooper Union
Department of Mathematics
MA 401 - Boundary Value Problems
Paul Hand

Wednesday 4:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Room 521
Thursday 9:00 AM - 10 AM, Room 621

Instructor:
Paul Hand
hand @ math.nyu.edu
http://math.nyu.edu/phd_students/hand/ma401/index.html
Office Hours: TBD

Text:
Elementary Applied Partial Differential Equations
Richard Haberman

Partial Syllabus:
Weeks 1-2: ODE Review, Dirac Delta, Greens functions for ODEs
Weeks 3-4: Fourier Series and ODEs
Weeks 5-7: Laplace and Poisson Equations
Weeks 8-10: Heat Equation
Weeks 11-12: Wave Equation
Weeks 13-14: TBD

Grades:
The course will be graded based on homeworks, an exam, and a project. Details TBD.

Homeworks: Homework will be assigned weekly on Thursdays and will be due the following Thursday. Collaboration is encouraged, but you must submit your own work.

HW 1
HW 2
HW 3 Solutions
HW 4
HW 5 Hints
HW 6
Midterm Solutions Animations from problem 4 for larger/smaller diffusivities.
HW 7
HW 8