Fall 2009:
MA 527 Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Physicists I
Instructor: Greg Buzzard
Syllabus: Schedule, assignments, and lectures
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.
Office hours: See main page for times and location.Off-campus students: To the extent possible, I'll use skype for off-campus students. This allows me to talk with multiple people and to share handwritten notes. The skype name for this class is purdue.ma527
If skype is not an option for you, you may call 765-494-1937.
Text:
Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 9th edition, Erwin Kreyszig Note that we will
use the 9th edition. If you have any other edition (including 'International 9th edition') you need to be sure that the homework problems you do are the ones from the US 9th edition.
In this class we'll study several of the major areas of mathematics that are useful in engineering, including linear algebra and methods of analysis and solution for ordinary and partial differential equations.
Course grading will be based on 2 midterms, a final, and regular homework. The distribution will be roughly 25% per midterm, 30% for the final, and 20% for the homework. The lowest two homework scores will be dropped, but in return, late homework will not be accepted.