MA 61500, Spring 2024
Numerical Methods For Partial Differential Equations I

Credit Hours: 3.00. (CS 615) Finite element method for elliptic partial differential equations; weak formulation; finite-dimensional approximations; error bounds; algorithmic issues; solving sparse linear systems; finite element method for parabolic partial differential equations; backward difference and Crank-Nicholson time-stepping; introduction to finite difference methods for elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic equations; stability, consistency, and convergence; discrete maximum principles. Prerequisite: MA 51400, 52300.

Instructor Info

Section Room Time Instructor Office
001 BRNG B268 1:30PM TR Xiangxiong Zhang MATH 406

Course Materials

Section Type Title Author
ALL SUPP MA615 notes - http://www.math.purdue.edu/~zhan1966/teaching/615/MA615_notes.pdf

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