Introduction to Partial Differential Equations
Purdue University Spring 2005
Scheduled at 10:20am-12:20pm on Tuesday, May 3 in REC 122 (the same location as classes)
It will be an open book, open notes, 120 min exam. (In fact, it will of the same format as the midterm and will be designed to be completed in 75 min; however, you can fully use 120 min)
The exam will cover the material from lectures and homework in the period 3/2/05 - 4/29/05 (see Course Log (Part II) on this page).
Practice problems: [PDF] (Updated: 4/23/05)
Next: 4/25-4/29 Reviews
What was covered
4/22/05 [E] 4.3.2
4/20/05 [E] 4.3.1b
4/18/05 [E] 4.3.1a(cont.)
4/15/05 [E] 4.3.1a
4/13/05 [E] 2.4.3
4/11/05 [E] 2.4.2
4/08/05 [E] 2.4.1d-e
4/06/05 [E] 2.4.1c(n=2), see also [J], 5.1(a)-(b)
4/04/05 [E] 2.4, 2.4.1b-c(n=3)
4/01/05 [J] 7.1(c), [E] 2.3.4a-b.
3/30/05 [E] 2.3.3b-c, 4.1(Example 1), [J] 7.1(b)
3/28/05 [E] 2.3.3a
3/25/05 [E] 2.3.2
3/23/05 [E] 2.3.1b-c
3/21/05 [E] 2.3, 2.3.1a
3/14-3/18/05 Spring Break
3/11/05 No class - cancelled after evening exam
3/09/05 Review for midterm exam
3/07/05 Energy methods for Laplace's equation
3/04/05 [E] 2.2.5
3/02/05 (not in [E] or [J]) Harmonic polynomials, Laurent series
#12 due on 4/20/05 [PDF] [Solutions]
#11 due on 4/13/05 [PDF] [Solutions]
#10 due on 4/06/05 [PDF] [Solutions]
#9 due on 3/30/05 [PDF] [Solutions]
#8 due on 3/25/05 [PDF] [Solutions]
#7 due on 3/04/05 [PDF] [Solutions]
#6 due on 2/23/05 [PDF] [Solutions]
#5 due on 2/16/05 [PDF] [Solutions]
#4 due on 2/09/05 [PDF] [Solutions]
#3 due on 2/02/05 [PDF] [Solutions]
#2 due on 1/26/05 [PDF] [Solutions]
#1 due on 1/19/05 [PDF] [Solutions]
Exam statistics
Max=86, Min=38, Median=69.5, Average=68.25, Stdev=15.16
Exam problems and solutions [PDF]
(Updated 1:00pm on 03/21/05; the previous PDF file was damaged)
Scheduled at 7:00-8:15pm on Thursday, March 10 in BRNG B268.
It will be an open book, open notes (hooray!) 75 min exam. The exam will cover the material from lectures and homework in the period 1/10/05 - 2/28/05 (see Course Log on this page).
Practice problems [PDF] (Updated 6:20pm on 3/02/05)
What was covered
2/28/05 [E] 2.2.4c
2/25/05 [E] 2.2.4b
2/23/05 [E] 2.2.3f, 2.2.4a
2/21/05 [E] 2.2.3c-e
2/18/05 [E] C4, 2.2.3b
2/16/05 [E] 2.2.2, 2.2.3a (see also [J] 4.2)
2/14/05 [E] 2.2.1b
2/11/05 [E] 2.2, 2.2.1a, C.2
2/09/05 material related to [E] 4.6.3, [J] 3.3
2/07/05 [E] 4.6.3
2/04/05 [E] 4.6.1b, 4.6.2 (see also [J] 3.3)
2/02/05 [J] 2.4 (cont.), [E] 4.6.1a
1/31/05 [J] 2.4
1/28/05 [E] 2.4.1a (see also [J] 2.4)
1/26/05 [E] 7.2.5 (see also [J] 2.3)
1/24/05 [E] 3.4.1a (cont.), 3.1.2
1/21/05 [E] 3.2.5a-b, 3.4.1a
1/19/05 [E] C.1, 3.2.3, 3.2.4
1/17/05 No class - MLK day
1/14/05 [E] 3.2.1, 3.2.2c
1/12/05 [E] 2.1, 3.2.2a-b
1/10/05 [E] A.3, A.4, 1.1,1.2
Time and Place: MWF 11:30am -12:20pm in REC 122
Instructor: Arshak Petrosyan
Office Hours: MWF 10:30am - 11:30am, or by appointment
Syllabus: See the official Course Description
Textbook: [E] L. C. Evans, Partial Differential Equations (Graduate Studies in Mathematics, 19, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 1998). We will also occasionally use [J] F. John, Partial Differential Equations (4th Edition, Applied Mathematical Sciences, 1, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1991)
Homework will be collected weekly on Wednesdays. The assignments will be posted on this website at least one week prior the due date.
Exams: There well be one midterm (evening) exam covering the first half of the course and one final exam covering the second half of the course (so the final exam is not comprehensive). The exact time and place will be specified as the time approaches.