Spring 2012:
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: Syllabus
Homework assignments: Schedule and Homework assignments with due
dates
In the spring semester of 2012 there will be three 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, one
"on campus distance learning" section and one "off-campus distance
learning" section which both have 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 on 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 must be downloaded on a computer or
device with a Purdue IP address starting about two
hours after the recording. Then
they
can
be
viewed
any time from anywhere.
All
on-campus
distance
learning
students
can view the lectures together in a viewing room which will be
specified soon.
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
15,
2012 6:30-7:30 p.m. in LILY 1105 and
Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 6:30-7:30 p.m. in WTHR
200
Final Exam will be given as
common final exam together with the on-campus students attending the
live class during finals week.
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.