MATH4220 - Partial Differential Equations - 2014/15

Announcement

• Here is the course plan: [Download file]
• No tutorial lecture in the first week : )
• The UPDATED due time for Assignment 02 is 12:30pm, February 10.
• Reminder: Quiz 1 will hold in class on Feb 5, and the covers are up to all lectures by Jan 29.
• The UPDATED date for the Mid-Term Test has been fixed on March 5. The covers will be Chapter 1 to chapter 3.
• Reminder: Quiz Two (duration: 20 minutes) will hold in class on March 26. Covers are Chapter 4 and Chapter 5.

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General Information

Lecturer

• Renjun DUAN
  • Office: LSB 206
  • Tel: 39437977
  • Email:
  • Office Hours: Thursday 9:00am-12:00noon

Teaching Assistant

• Tianwen LUO
  • Office: AB1 614
  • Tel: 39434109
  • Email:

Time and Venue

• Lecture: Tu 10:30AM-12:15PM, LSB C2; Th 1:30PM-2:15PM, LSB C2
• Tutorial: Th 12:30PM - 1:15PM, LSB C1

Course Description

This is an introduction to the classical theory of partial differential equations. Topics are usually selected from: First-order equations, types of second-order equations, well-posedness of the wave and the heat equations, boundary value problems for the Laplace and Poisson equations, separation of variables. Students taking this course are expected to have knowledge in advanced calculus.

Textbooks

• Walter A. Strauss, Partial Differential Equations, An Introduction. John Wiley & Sons, 2008 (2nd Edition).

References

• H.F. Weinberger, A First Course in Partial Differential Equations. Waltham, Mass., 1965.
• D. Bleecker and G. Csordas, Basic Partial Differential Equations, International Press, 1996.
• L.C. Evans, Partial Differential Equations. 2nd edition. American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 2010. (ONLY chapter 1 and chapter 2)

Lecture Notes

• Summary of Chapters 1 and 2
• Summary of Chapters 3 and 4
• Added note on Chapter 5
• Summary of Chapters 6 and 7
• Final Remark on the course

Tutorial Notes

• Tutorial-1
• Tutorial-2
• Tutorial-3
• Tutorial-4
• Tutorial-5
• Tutorial-6
• Tutorial-7
• Tutorial-8
• Tutorial-9
• Tutorial-10
• Tutorial-11
• Tutorial-12
• Tutorial-13

Assignments

• Assignment 01 (No need to hand in your solutions)
• Assignment 02 (It must be handed in; The UPDATED due time is 12:30pm, February 10)
• Assignment 03 (No need to hand in your solutions)
• Assignment 04 (No need to hand in your solutions)
• Assignment 05 (No need to hand in your solutions)
• Assignment 06 (It must be handed in; Due is 2:30pm, April 9.)
• Assignment 07 (No need to hand in your solutions)

Solutions

• Solutions to Assignment 01
• Solutions to Assignment 02
• Solutions to Assignment 03
• Solutions to Assignment 04
• Solutions to Assignment 05
• Solutions to Assignment 06
• Solutions to Assignment 07

Assessment Scheme

Homework (about 10 times; ONLY two need to be handed in)		10%
Quiz 1 (The date fixed on February 5)		5%
Midterm Test (The UPDATED date fixed on March 5)		30%
Quiz 2 (The date fixed on March 26)		5%
Final Exam (The date TBA by the university)		50%

Honesty in Academic Work

The Chinese University of Hong Kong places very high importance on honesty in academic work submitted by students, and adopts a policy of zero tolerance on cheating and plagiarism. Any related offence will lead to disciplinary action including termination of studies at the University. Although cases of cheating or plagiarism are rare at the University, everyone should make himself / herself familiar with the content of the following website:

http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/

and thereby help avoid any practice that would not be acceptable.

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Last updated: April 17, 2015 09:20:11