Department of Mathematics

 

Spring 2013: MA 528 Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Physicists II
Instructor: Birgit Kaufmann
Contact Information: Office MA 748, e-mail: ebkaufma@math.purdue.edu, phone: (765) 494-3173
Syllabus: Schedule, assignments, and lectures

In the spring semester of 2013 there will be two sections of the course MA 528: one regular session with 60 seats that meets in a studio room where every lecture will be taped on streaming video, and one "on campus distance learning" section that has access to the streaming videos.

In this class we will study several of the major areas of mathematics that are useful in engineering, including vector calculus, complex variables, calculus of residues and applications, conformal mapping and potential theory.

Information for on-campus distance learning students:
Lectures can be downloaded by logging in to ProEd at Purdue with an ID and a password that will be posted on Blackboard and e-mailed to every student registered in the on-campus distance learning section in the week before classes start. The lectures can be viewed any time from any computer starting about two hours after the recording. There will be a room made available to all distance learning students where they can view the lectures together at regular meeting times.

Help
The instructor will be available for answering questions about the material and discussing problems with the course during office hours or by appointment and can be reached by e-mail and phone.

Homework:

For students of the live class:
    Homework will be collected weekly in class, typically on Wednesdays.
For on- and off- campus distance learning students:
    will be collected weekly by e-mail, graded and returned by e-mail as well. Detailed instructions can be found here.

Two Midterms will be given as common evening exams together with the on-campus students attending the live class. The dates of the Midterm exams are:
Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 6:30-7:30 p.m. in EE 129
Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 6:30-7:30 p.m. in LILY 1105.

The Final Exam will be given on Friday, May 3, 2013 10:30-12:30 pm in Phys 112
as common final exam together with the on-campus students attending the live class.

The off-campus distance learning students will take all the exams remotely with a proctor.


Text:
Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 10th edition, Erwin Kreyszig  Note that we will use the 10th edition. If you have any other edition (including 'International 10th edition') you need to be sure that the homework problems you do are the ones from the US 10th edition.

Course grading will be based on 2 midterms, a final, and regular homework. Each midterm will be worth 100 points, the final exam 150 points and the homework 100 points for a total of 450 points.  The lowest two homework scores will be dropped, but in return, late homework will not be accepted.

Important: In the event of a major campus emergency, course requirements, deadlines, and grading percentages are subject to changes that may be necessitated by a revised semester calendar or other circumstances beyond the instructor's control. Information about such changes will be posted on this web page.