Methods of Applied Mathematics I.

MATH 383C, Unique # 55675 and CAM 385C, Unique # 65040, Fall 2010

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: W 12:30-1:30 and Th 8:30-10:00 in RLM 11.162 (Also, unless the instructor has pressing business, he will be available to help students who come by.)

Teaching Assistant

Betul Orcan
Office: RLM 10.110, Phone 475-9143
She will be available to discuss homework grading issues on Wednesdays at 3:00.
E-Mail: borcan@math.utexas.edu

General Information

Syllabus

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

Problem discussion session: W 4-5:00 in RLM 9.166

Homework and Exams

Final Exam. Wednesday, December 8, 9:00-12:00 noon in BUR 116

Problem Set 12. Due F 12/3.
Ch. 5 # 12, 14 [Omega = Rd], 15, 16, 17, 18

Problem Set 11. Due M 11/23.
Ch. 5 # 1, 4, 5, 7

Exam 2. Wednesday November 17 on Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 through section 4.5 (no Ascoli-Arzela nor Sturm-Liouville)
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:

  1. 4-6:00 in RLM 9.166
  2. 7:00-9:00 in RLM 10.176
Approximate grading scale:
   40 A
   35 A-
   30 B+
   25 B
   20 B-
   15 C+
   10 C

Problem Set 10. Due F 11/12.
Ch. 4 # 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30

Problem Set 9. Due F 11/5.
Ch. 4 # 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20

Problem Set 8. Due F 10/29.
Ch. 4 # 2, 3 (show Tlambda-1 is unbounded), 4, 6, 7, 9

Problem Set 7. Due F 10/22.
Ch. 3 # 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13

Problem Set 6. Due F 10/15.
Ch. 2 # 36, 41, 42, 47
Ch. 3 # 1, 2

Exam 1. Wednesday October 6 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:

  1. 4-6:00 in RLM 9.166
  2. 6:30-8:30 in RLM 10.176
  3. 7:00-9:00 in RLM 10.176
Approximate grading scale:
   40 A
   35 A-
   30 B+
   25 B
   20 B-
   15 C+
   10 C

Problem Set 5. Due F 10/1.
Ch. 2 # 35, 37, 44, 45, 48

Problem Set 4. Due F 9/24.
Ch. 2 # 21, 23, 27, 31, 32, 33 (but not the converse)

Problem Set 3. Due F 9/17.
Ch. 2 # 12, 14, 17, 18, 20, 22, 29, 30

Problem Set 2. Due F 9/10.
Ch. 2 # 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16

Problem Set 1. Due F 9/3.
Ch. 2 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
Correction: 2(b), the last y should be z.