CAAM 336· Differential Equations in Science and Engineering

Spring 2008 Rice University


Lecture Schedule and Supplementary References


Any references to dates in the future are tentative and subject to change. Announcements in class take precedence over what's on the web.
Lecture 37:
April 11
The method of lines for the wave equation
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 7.3
Lecture 36:
April 9
Symmetry; Eigenvalues of the Laplacian on rectangle
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 8.2
Lecture 35:
April 7
2 and 3 dimensions, Divergence Theorem
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 8.1
No Lecture:
April 4
Spring Recess!

Lecture 34:
April 2
Resonance
Reading: 7.4, especially 7.4.2
Lecture 33:
March 31
Inhomogeneous wave equation: Eigenfunction expansion
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 7.2
Lecture 32:
March 28
Homogeneous wave equation: Separation of variables
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 7.2.1
For an example that compares solutions on a finite string to an infinite string, check out this Maple code. It will produce this animation:
Lecture 31:
March 26
Infinite string: d'Alembert's solution
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 7.1
Lecture 30:
March 24
Finite elements and Neumann conditions
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 6.5
Lecture 29:
March 21
Finite elements for the heat equation
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapters 6.4
Lecture 28:
March 19
Backward Euler method
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 4.5
Lecture 27:
March 17
Matrix exponentials, Euler's method
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 4.4
Lecture 26:
March 14
ODEs and Linear homogeous systems
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapters 4.2,4.3
Lecture 25:
March 12
Periodic Boundary Conditions
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 6.3
Lecture 24:
March 10
Inhomogeneous Heat Equation
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapters 6.1,6.1.4
Lecture 23:
February 29
Exam 1 returned and reviewed
Lecture 22:
February 27
Pure Neumann conditions- Fourier cosine series
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 6.2
Lecture 21:
February 25
Separation of Variables: Homogeneous Heat Equation
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 6.1.6
Lecture 20:
February 22
Still more finite elements- Exam review
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 5.6.2
Lecture 19:
February 20
More Finite Elements- piecewise linear
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 5.6.1
Lecture 18:
February 18
Finite Elements- piecewise linear
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 5.6
samplefem.m
Lecture 17:
February 15
Weak formulation and the Galerkin method
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapters 5.4,5.5
Lecture 16:
February 13
Weak formulation and the Galerkin method
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapters 5.4,5.5
Lecture 15:
February 11
Inhomogeneous BCs, overview of spectral methods
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 5.3
Lecture 14:
February 8
Other boundary conditions
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 5.2, 5.3
solutionexample.m
Lecture 13:
February 6
More with Fourier series
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 5.3
Lecture 12:
February 4
The spectral method; Fourier series
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 5.2, 5.3
fourier1.m
fourier2.m
Lecture 11:
February 1
Finish spectral method, begin steady-state heat
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapters 3.5, 5.1
Lecture 10:
January 30
Finish projections, start Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors: The spectral method
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 3.5
Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors on Wikipedia
Lecture 9:
January 28
More orthogonality and projections
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 3.4
Lecture 8:
January 25
Basis, linear independence, and orthogonality
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 3.4
Lecture 7:
January 23
Subspaces, null space, range
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 3.2
January 21 NO SCHOOL TODAY
Homework still due Wednesday
Lecture 6:
January 18
Vector representation of functions; finite differences
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 3.1
Lecture 5:
January 16
Vector spaces and linear operators
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 3.1
Lecture 4:
January 14
Vibrating Strings: the wave equation
Java applet showing string vibrations by Paul Fastad.
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 2.3
Lecture 3:
January 11
Heat Equation: boundary, initial conditions, steady state
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapters 2.1.1, 2.1.2
Lecture 2:
January 9
Derivation of the heat equation
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 2.1
Lecture 1:
January 7
Identification and classification of differential equations
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 1