Welcome to 620331 Applied Partial Differential Equations

The syllabus from this subject changed in 2007. Transform techniques were moved from 620331 to 620332. Instead, material on series solutions to ordinary differential equations (including Bessel functions and Legendre polynomials) that was covered in 620232 in 2005 and earlier years is now in this subject.

The subject 620331 Applied Partial Differential Equations will be offered for the last time in 2010. One of the essential prerequisites for the subject is 620232 Mathematical Methods, and as 620232 is offered for the last time in 2009, students intending to take 620331 in 2010 must have completed 620232 (or the advanced alternative 620234, which is no longer offered) by the end of 2009.

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Important announcements

• There are three lectures per week and you also attend one of the two sittings of the practice class. Class times and venues can be found here. Practice classes commence in the first week of semester.
• Downloads of practice class sheets and problem sheets will be available. If you are unable to find links for downloads of recent material and are using Internet Explorer on a Windows-equipped PC, try a different web browser (e.g. Mozilla Firefox).
• Note that there is amid-semester test in Wilson hall at 1.00 p.m. Monday 20 April. Bring your student card. Material for the test may include anything in Lectures 1 to 16 inclusive (i.e. to 6 April) and Practice Classes for Weeks 1 to 6 inclusive (i.e. to 8 April).
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• Marks for the mid-semester test were available from me at the practice classes and lecture on Wednesday 30 April. If you have not yet found out your mark, see me during normal office hours, or at the next lecture, or e-mail for an appointment. Students who failed the test are encouraged to see me to discuss their test paper. This can be done during regular consultation hours or by appointment.
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• Copies of several past examination papers are available for download. Note that there are no questions involving series solutions in the older examinations provided (2002-2004) as the syllabus then was different, but the problems from Problem Sheet 3 may be useful for examination preparation on the series solution material.
  • 2007 (same syllabus as 2008)
  • 2004 (different syllabus from 2008: ignore Question 11)
  • 2003 (different syllabus from 2008: ignore Question 10)
  • 2003 (different syllabus from 2008: ignore Questions 8 and 9)
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• Only three Problem Sheets have been released. In place of a fourth Problem Sheet covering the last two weeks of the subject, extras problems have been added to the Practice Class sheets for Weeks 11 and 12.
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• Please visit the Third-year Announcement Page for details of the Third Year Welcome Barbecue.
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