Methods of Applied Mathematics I.

M 383C, Unique #55560, and CSE 386C, Unique #65700
Fall 2011

Instructor:

Todd Arbogast
Office: RLM 11.162, Phone: 471-0166
Office: ACE 5.334, Phone: 475-8628
E-Mail: arbogast@ices.utexas.edu
Office hours: MW 10:00-11:20 in RLM 11.162. Also, unless the instructor has pressing business, he will be available to help students who find him in one of his offices.

Teaching Assistant:

Emanuel Indrei
Office: RLM 11.150, Phone 471-3160
E-Mail: eindrei@math.utexas.edu

General Information:

Syllabus

A bound set of lecturer-prepared notes (2010-2011 version) is available for purchase from the UT Copy Center in Welch 2.228.

Problem discussion session: Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 p.m. in RLM 10.176

Homework and Exams:

The "Practice" exercises are not to be handed in.

Emanuel Indrei
Office: RLM 11.150, Phone 471-3160
E-Mail: eindrei@math.utexas.edu

General Information:

Syllabus

A bound set of lecturer-prepared notes (2010-2011 version) is available for purchase from the UT Copy Center in Welch 2.228.

Problem discussion session: Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 p.m. in RLM 10.176

Homework and Exams:

The "Practice" exercises are not to be handed in.

Emanuel Indrei
Office: RLM 11.150, Phone 471-3160
E-Mail: eindrei@math.utexas.edu

General Information:

Syllabus

A bound set of lecturer-prepared notes (2010-2011 version) is available for purchase from the UT Copy Center in Welch 2.228.

Problem discussion session: Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 p.m. in RLM 10.176

Homework and Exams:

The "Practice" exercises are not to be handed in.

Final Exam. Monday, December 12, from 2:00-5:00 p.m. in RLM 5.104 on the entire course, but emphasizing the new material a little.
   64 A
   58 A-
   52 B+
   46 B
   40 B-
   34 C+
   28 C

Problem Set 13. Due F 12/2.
Ch. 5 # 4, 10, 15, 18; Practice 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17

Problem Set 12. Due W 11/23.
Ch. 4 # 24, 25, 27, 30; Practice 21, 22, 26, 28, 29

Exam 2. Friday November 18, 4-6:00 in RLM 7.104 on Chapter 3 and 4 but not including Sturm-Liouville Theory.
Approximate grading scale:
   40 A
   35 A-
   30 B+
   25 B
   20 B-
   15 C+
   10 C

Problem Set 11. Due F 11/11.
Ch. 4 # 11, 15, 16, 17; Practice 12, 13, 14, 18 (P₁ and P₂ should be orthogonal projections), 19, 20

Problem Set 10. Due F 11/4.
Ch. 4 # 2, 4, 6, 7; Practice 3, 5, 8, 9

Problem Set 9. Due F 10/28.
Ch. 3 # 8, 12, 13, 14; Practice 7

Problem Set 8. Due F 10/21.
Ch. 3 # 2, 4, 9, 10; Practice 3, 11

Problem Set 7. Due F 10/14.
Ch. 3 # 1, 6; Practice 5

Exam 1. Thursday, October 13 in BUR 112 on Chapter 2
The exam should take about 1.5 hours, but I will give you 2 hours. To accomodate everyone, you should take the exam during one of these time slots:

6:00-8:00 p.m.
7:00-9:00 p.m.

Approximate grading scale:
   55 A
   50 A-
   45 B+
   40 B
   30 B-
   20 C+
   10 C

Problem Set 6. Due F 10/7.
Ch. 2 # 42, 43, 45, 46; Practice 33, 34, 41

Problem Set 5. Due F 9/30.
Ch. 2 # 35, 36, 39, 40; Practice 37, 38

Problem Set 4. Due F 9/23.
Ch. 2 # 24, 27, 28, 30; Practice 25, 26, 29, 31, 32

Problem Set 3. Due F 9/16.
Ch. 2 # 14, 17, 18, 23; Practice 15, 16, 19, 20

Problem Set 2. Due F 9/9.
Ch. 2 # 8, 9, 10, 13; Practice 11, 12

Problem Set 1. Due F 9/2.
Ch. 2 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 6; Practice 5, 7