Spring 2018 Methods of Applied Mathematics II

 

Unique# M 383D (54285) and CSE 386D (63650) –

Meeting Hours: M - W 3:30-4:45pm, RLM 12.166

 

Instructor: Prof. Irene M. Gamba
Office: RLM 10.166, Phone: 471-7150
E-Mail:
gamba@math.utexas.edu
Office hours: by appointment

Teaching Assistant: Matt Rosenzweig
E-Mail: rosenzweig.matthew@math.utexas.edu

Discussion Hours: TBA

Class webpage : S18-Methods for Applied Mathematics II Unique# M 383D (54285) and CSE 386D (63650)

Guidance textbook: Arbogast-Bona book or notes

Homework, Exams, and Grades: Homework will be assigned regularly. Students are encouraged to work in groups; however, each student must write up his or her own work.
Three mid-term exams will be given in class. The first one on
Wednesday February 28th, the second one on Wednesday April 4rd, and the last one on Wednesday May 2st.
There will not be a final exam. The final grade will be based on the homework and the three exams.

 

Homework problems:

Problem Set 1. Due Wednesday January 31, 2018.
Ch. 6 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7.

Problem Set 2. Due Wednesday Feb. 14th.
Ch. 6 # 8, 9, 11, 12, 17.

Problem Set 3. Due Wednesday Feb 21st.
Ch. 6 # 13, 21, 24, 26, 29, 30.

Problem Set 4. Due Monday March  26
Ch. 7# 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 a) & b);

Problem Set 5. Due Monday April 2     New Due date: Wednesday April 4
Ch. 7 # 8, 9, 11, 13

Problem Set 6. Due Mon April  9 à New date deadline : Monday April 16

Ch. 7 # 14, 15, 16;

Problem Set 7. Due Wednesday April 25
Ch. 8 # 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 12,

Problem Set 7. Due Wednesday  May 2nd
Ch.8 #  16, 23, 24, 25;
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Problem Set 9.  Not due

Ch.8 # 27, 28.

Ch.9 # 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 9, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18.


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Course Description:   This is the second semester of a course on methods of applied mathematics. It is open to mathematics, science, engineering, and finance students. It is suitable to prepare graduate students for the Applied Mathematics I & II Preliminary Exam in mathematics and the Area A Preliminary Exam in the SCEM graduate program.

Semester I.

1.     Preliminaries (topology and Lebesgue integration)

2.     Banach Spaces

3.     Hilbert Spaces

4.     Spectral Theory

5.     Distributions

Semester II.

6.     The Fourier Transform (3 weeks)

o   The Schwartz space and tempered distributions.

o   The Fourier transform.

o   The Plancherel Theorem.

o   Convolutions.

o   Fundamental solutions of PDE's.

7.     Sobolev spaces (3 weeks)

o   Basic Definitions.

o   Extention Theorems.

o   Imbedding Theorems.

o   The Trace Theorem.

8.     Variational Boundary Value Problems (BVP) (3 weeks)

o   Weak solutions to elliptic BVP's.

o   Variational forms.

o   Lax-Milgram Theorem.

o   Galerkin approximations.

o   Green's functions.

9.     Differential Calculus in Banach Spaces and Calculus of Variations (4 weeks)

o   The Frechet derivatives.

o   The Chain Rule and Mean Value Theorems.

o   Higher order derivatives and Taylor's Theorem.

o   Banach's Contraction Mapping Theorem and Newton's Method.

o   Inverse and Implicit Function Theorems, and applications to nonlinear functional equations.

o   Extremum problems, Lagrange multipliers, and problems with constraints.

o   The Euler-Lagrange equation.

o   Applications to classical mechanics and geometry.

10.  Some Applications (if time permits)

Some references:

1.     R. A. Adams, Sobolev Spaces, Academic Press, 1975.

2.     J.-P. Aubin, Applied Functional Analysis, Wiley, 1979.

3.     C. Caratheodory, Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations of the First Order, 1982.

4.     E.W. Cheney and H.A. Koch, Notes on Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin.

5.     L. Debnath and P. Mikusinski, Introduction to Hilbert Spaces with Applications, Academic Press, 1990.

6.     G.B. Folland, Introduction to Partial Differential Equations, Princeton, 1976.

7.     I.M. Gelfand and S.V. Fomin, Calculus of Variations, Prentice-Hall, 1963; reprinted by Dover Publications.

8.     J. Jost and X. Li-Jost, Calculus of Variations, Cambridge, 1998,

9.     A.N. Kolmogorov and S.V. Fomin, Introductory Real Analysis, Dover Publications, 1970

10.  E. Kreyszig, Introductory Functional Analysis with Applications, Wiley, 1978.

11.  E.H. Lieb and M. Loss, Analysis, AMS, 1997.

12.  J.T. Oden & L.F. Demkowicz, Applied Functional Analysis, CRC Press, 1996.

13.  F.W.J. Olver, Asymptotics and Special Functions, Academic Press, 1974.

14.  M. Reed & B. Simon, Methods of Modern Physics, Vol. 1, Functional analysis.

15.  W. Rudin, Functional Analysis, McGraw Hill, 1991.

16.  W. Rudin, Real and Complex Analysis, 3rd Ed., McGraw Hill, 1987.

17.  H. Sagan, Introduction to the Calculus of Variations, Dover, 1969.

18.  R.E. Showalter, Hilbert Space Methods for Partial Differential Equations, available at World Wide Web address http://ejde.math.txstate.edu//mono-toc.html.

19.  E. Stein and G. Weiss, Introduction to Fourier Analysis on Euclidean Spaces, Princeton, 1971.

20.  K. Yosida, Functional Analysis, Springer-Verlag, 1980.

The University of Texas at Austin provides upon request appropriate academic accommodations for qualified students with disabilities. For more information, contact the Office of the Dean of Students at 471-6259, 471-4641 TTY.