MATH3240 - Numerical Methods for Differential Equations - 2019/20

Course Name: 
Numerical Methods for Differential Equations
Teacher: 
Prof. Andrew Kei Fong LAM
Course Year: 
2019/20
Term: 
2

Announcement

  • Take home final assessment details:
  • Duration: 11am 21st May to 11am 22nd May
  • The document will be emailed to you and also be uploaded here on the website.
  • Please return your answers (scanned or photographed) by email to kflam@math.cuhk.edu.hk by 11am on 22nd of May. Late answers will be penalised.
  • The nature of the assessment is "open book", but limited only to the material available here on the course webpage
  • In recent weeks the university has encountered multiple cases of hired online homework help, and therefore the department has composed a statement to remind you regarding academic honesty.

General Information

Lecturer

  • Prof. Andrew LAM
    • Office: LSB 235
    • Tel: 3943-5297
    • Email:
    • Office Hours: Tues 1-2pm and Thurs 3-4 pm. Email for other times

Teaching Assistant

  • Ms. Zehui ZHOU
    • Office: LSB 222C
    • Email:
  • Mr. Zhen YANG
    • Office: LSB 222C
    • Email:

Time and Venue

  • Lecture: WED 10:30-12:15 (LSB-LT3), THUR 1:30-2:15 (LSB-LT4)
  • Tutorial: THUR 12:30-1:15 (LSB-LT4)

Course Description

This course is intended to provide an introduction to numerical methods for solving ordinary and partial differential equations. Topics we cover include: a brief recap on the theory of ODEs, multistep methods (derivation and analysis), Runge-Kutta methods for system of ODEs, absolute stability and regions of stability, stiff problems, 2nd order boundary value problems, a brief recap on the theory of linear PDEs, finite difference methods and finite element methods.


Textbooks

  • See lecture slides

Pre-class Notes


Lecture Notes


Class Notes


Tutorial Notes


Quizzes and Exams


Assessment Scheme

Tutorial attendance + work  10 25%
Take home Midterm  35%
Final exam Take home assignment 21st-22nd May 55 40%

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.

Assessment Policy

Last updated: May 20, 2020 23:30:15