CAAM 336· Differential Equations in Science and Engineering

Fall 2006 Rice University


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Lecture Schedule and Supplementary References


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Lecture 38:
April 20
Wave equation in a disk: Circular drum
A solution to the wave equation on the disk. The file is about 5.5MB.
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 8.3
Lecture 37:
April 16, 18
Bessel's equation and Bessel functions
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 8.3
Lecture 36:
April 13
Laplacian and separation of vars in polar coord
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 8.3
Lecture 35:
April 11
Symmetry; Eigenvalues of the Laplacian on rectangle
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 8.2
Lecture 34:
April 9
2 and 3 dimensions, Divergence Theorem
Reading: Gockenbach, Chapter 8.1
Lecture 32:
April 6
Spring Recess!

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