Methods of Applied Mathematics I.

M 383C, Unique #56425 and CSE 386C, Unique #66685
Fall 2012

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: WF 11:00-12:20 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:

Zhihui Xie
Office: RLM 11.134, Phone 475-8825
E-Mail: zxie@math.utexas.edu
Office hours: TTh 3:30-5:00.

General Information:

Syllabus

Blackboard: https://courses.utexas.edu

A bound set of lecturer-prepared notes (2010-2012 version) will be available for purchase from the UT Copy Center in Welch 2.228 shortly before the class begins.

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

Homework and Exams:

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

Final Exam. Saturday, December 15, from 9:00-12:00 noon in RLM 9.166 on the entire course, but emphasizing the new material a little.
Instructor office hours 9:00-11:00 on M 12/10 and 1:30-3:30 on Tu 12/11.
Review discussion: Thursday 12:30-1:30 in RLM 11.176.
Approximate grading scale:
   60 A
   54 A-
   48 B+
   42 B
   36 B-
   30 C+

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

Problem Set 11. Due F 11/30.
Ch. 4 # 21, 25, 29, 30, 35; Practice 26, 28, 32, 33, 36

Exam 2. Tuesday November 20, 7-9:00 in RLM 11.176 on Chapter 3 and 4 but not including Sturm-Liouville Theory.
Approximate grading scale:
   45 A
   40 A-
   35 B+
   30 B
   25 B-
   20 C+

Problem Set 10. Due F 11/16.
Ch. 4 # 11, 16, 17, 24, 27; Practice 14, 18, 19, 20, 22, 34

Problem Set 9. Due F 11/9.
Ch. 4 # 2, 4, 6, 7, 15; Practice 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13

Problem Set 8. Due F 11/2.
Ch. 3 # 8, 10, 12, 13, 14; Practice 7, 11, 17, 18

Problem Set 7. Due F 10/26.
Ch. 3 # 1, 2, 4, 15, 19; Practice 3, 5, 6, 9, 16

Problem Set 6. Due F 10/19.
Ch. 2 # 42, 43, 45, 46, 48; Practice 33, 34, 41

Exam 1. Thursday, October 11, 7:00-9:00 p.m. in RLM 11.167
The exam will cover Chapter 2 to Section 7, and it should take about 1.5 hours.
Approximate grading scale:
   42 A
   38 A-
   34 B+
   30 B
   25 B-
   20 C+
mean = 35.2, median = 35, stDev = 10.7

Problem Set 5. Due F 10/5.
Ch. 2 # 35, 36, 39, 40, 49; Practice 37, 38

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

Problem Set 3. Due F 9/21.
Ch. 2 # 14, 17, 18, 19, 23; Practice 15, 16, 20

Problem Set 2. Due F 9/14.
Ch. 2 # 8, 9, 10, 11, 13; Practice 12

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