OPERATIONAL METHODS
Instructor: Dr. Turker Topcu
Lectures: TR 5:00-6:15 pm in MCB 206
Welcome to MATH 4564 (Fall 2021). Please refer to the course policies sheet below for information regarding course schedules, online homework, and grading policy. Homework sets and course-related announcements will be posted on Canvas throughout the semester.
We will cover: Laplace transforms for ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations: separation of variables and Fourier series applied to the heat equation, the wave equation, and the Laplace’s equation. Boundary value problems.
The student is responsible for reading the course policies sheet, which includes all the necessary information regarding the exams, homework, and procedures. The course policies sheet can be downloaded from the Canvas page of the course.
Homework: Weekly online homework sets will be posted on Canvas.
The textbook is Elementary Differential Equations with Boundary Value Problems, 2nd Ed., by W. Kohler and L. Johnson (ISBN: 0-321-28835-1). This is the same textbook used in Math 2214). We will cover selected sections from chapters 5 and 9 from the book.