Welcome to 620-331 Applied Partial Differential Equations

The syllabus from this subject changed in 2007. Transform techniques were moved from 620-331 to 620-332. Instead, material on series solutions to ordinary differential equations (including Bessel functions and Legendre polynomials) that was covered in 620-232 in 2005 and earlier years is now in this subject.

Important announcements

• Times and locations for pre-exam consultation sessions are available here. Note the changed arrangements for Tuesday 24 June.
• To allow students with clashes between practice classes in 620331 and lectures in other subjects to receive assistance, the practice class scheduled for 4.15 on Wednesdays will run for two hours. Students who can attend from 10-11 or from 4.15-5.15 should do so, as the lecturer and two helpers will normally be available at these times. Those with clashes should come at 5.15, and they will be given first priority for help from 5.15-6.15, since only the lecturer will be available from 5.15-6.15. However, other students with questions may attend if they wish.
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• Downloads of lectures are available here. <--!>
• Downloads of lectures, practice class sheets and problem sheets are 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).
  • Lectures (13/6/08: corrected, complete printed notes to the end of semester are available; includes corrections to pages 46, 48, 54, 55 and 70 of the version of 28/5/08).
  • Practice Class Sheets and Answers (3/6/08: answers to Prac Class 12 now available)
  • Problem Sheets and Answers (19/6/08: corrections to 13(b) in answers to Sheet 3 Problems 13-28 now available)
• Note mid-semester test in Wilson hall at 1.00 p.m. Wednesday 23 April. Bring your student card. Material for the test may include anything in Lectures 1 to 15 inclusive (i.e. to 14 April) and Practice Classes for Weeks 1 to 6 inclusive (i.e. to 16 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)
• 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.
• Please visit the Third-year Announcement Page for details of the Third Year Welcome Barbecue.
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