Math 508   -   Schedule


Lec. Date Sec./pages covered Topics
1 8/23 17.2,
17.3: p. 850-851.
Even, odd, and periodic functions - review.
Fourier series of a periodic function.
2 8/25 17.3 p.851-858 Fourier series of a periodic function.
3 8/30 17.5 Manipulation of Fourier series.
4 9/1 17.3 p.864-866
17.4
Complex exponential form for Fourier series.
Half- and quarter-range expansions.
- 9/6 - Labor Day -  
5 9/8 Ch.9
17.6: p.881-882
Vector spaces -- review.
Fourier series -- vector space approach.
6 9/13 17.6: p.882-885

17.7 p.888-889
Fourier series -- vector space approach.
Eigenvalues and eigenvectors -- review.
Sturm-Liouville problem -- a simple example.
- 9/15 - classes cancelled -  
7 9/20 17.7 p.887,891-893 Sturm-Liouville problem -- setup and theorems.
8 9/22 17.7 p.893-896
17.8 p.905-908
Sturm-Liouville problem -- examples.
Periodic Sturm-Liouville problem.
9 9/27 Review  
10 9/29 Exam I  
11 10/4 17.9 Fourier integral.
12 10/6 17.10 p.919-922 Fourier transform -- definition and examples.
13 10/11 17.10 p. 922-929 Fourier transform -- properties and applications.
14 10/13
18.2 p.944-948
More on Fourier transform.
Partial differential equations.
Classification of second order linear PDE.
15 10/18 18.3 Diffusion equation.
16 10/20 18.3 Diffusion equation -- separation of variables.
17 10/25 18.3 p.965-968 Diffusion equation -- use of Sturm-Liouville theory.
18 10/27 18.3 p.968-971 Unsteady conduction in a disk.
19 11/1 18.4 p.981-986 Heat conduction in an infinite rod.
20 11/3 Review  
21 11/8 Exam II  
22 11/10
19.2 p.1023-25
Wave equation.
Vibrating string -- separation of variables.
23 11/15 19.2 p. 1026-28
19.4 p.1043-47
g(x)=0: modes; solution in a closed form.
Vibrating string -- d'Alembert's solution.
24 11/17 20.1
20.2 p.1059-63
Laplace equation.
Separation of variables -- cartesian coordinates.
25 11/22
20.3 p.1070-1072
Separation of variables -- cartesian coordinates.
Separation of variables -- polar coordinates.
- 11/24 - Thanksgiving -  
26 11/29 20.3 p.1073-75 Dirichlet problem for circular disk.
27 12/1 20.3 Harmonic functions.
28 12/6 Review