Mathematics

MATH 213A Partial Differential Equations I

First of the two PDE courses covering basically Part I in Evans' book; Partial Differential Equations; which includes transport equations; Laplace equations; heat equations; wave equations; characteristics of nonlinear first-order PDE; Hamilton-Jacobi equations; conservation laws; some methods for solving equations in closed form; and the Cauchy-Kovalevskaya theorem.

Requirements

MATH 106 and MATH 107 are recommended as preparation. Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

Credits

5

Quarter offered

Fall