Math 4581 (AU, AG, Q) Classical Mathematical Methods in Engineering, Spring 2015

Schedule: 3:05 pm - 4:25 pm MW

Classroom: Sustainable Education Building 110

Office: Skiles 102A

Phone: 404-894-4750

Email: zengch@math.gatech.edu

Webpage: www.math.gatech.edu/~zengch

Office hours: 9:35 - 10:55 am Mon. & 1:05 - 1:55 pm Wed.

Tentative final exam schedule: Apri. 29 (Wed.) 2:50 -- 5:40


Syllabus

Instructor: Chongchun Zeng

Prerequisites: MATH 2403 or MATH 2413 or MATH 24X3

Overview: This course is designed to meet the mathematical needs of engineering majors. A familiarity with these subjects is not assumed before the course. Coming out of this course, you should have the required mathematics background for upper level and graduate courses in these fields.

Participation: Attendence in classes is mandatory. Students are expected to read the material before each lecture. It is suggested that you start to work on homework problems  right after they are assigned.


Textbook: Boundary Value Problems, 6th edition, by David L Powers, Elsevier Academic Press.

Material: In this semester, the topics we will cover include: a very biref review of ordinary differential equations, Fourier series and Fourier Transforms, heat equations, wave equations, potential equations, Laplace Transforms. In the textbook, after we go through Chapter 0 quickly, we will cover most parts of Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and some of Chapter 5 if time allows.


Grades: 1 final exam 50%, 1 midterm 26% each, 6 homework assignments 4% each.

              1/21 (Wed.), 2/2(Mon.), 2/16(Mon.), 3/2(Mon.), 3/23(Mon.), 4/6(Mon.)

    

  1. Total score 90/100 or above will always be an A

  2. Total score 60/100 or above will always be a C or higher.






Homework assignments: