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Applied Partial Differential Equations: Supplementary Lectures:  2008-2009

Lecturer

Degrees

2009: Hilary TermMSc in Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing

Term

Overview

8 classes and supplementary lectures on more advanced material for the core course Applied Partial Differential Equations.

Synopsis

Fredholm alternative and Green's functions for non-self-adjoint problems; application of delta functions. Review of classification of second-order linear equations [3 lectures, 1 class]

Further development of hyperbolic equations: Cauchy-Kovalevskaya theorem, Riemann invariants, shocks and weak solutions, causality. [3 lectures, 1 class]

More details of the course are available from Dr Porter's website.

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