Syllabus for Math 649, Partial Differential Equations I, Spring 2008
Revised: Jan. 15, 2008
Prof. B. Hassard, hassard@buffalo.edu, 645-6284X103, Rm 226 Mathematics
1. This is a course in partial differential equations, the first of two (Math 649-650).
The text is
Partial Differential Equations (Graduate Studies in Mathematics, 19)
by Lawrence C. Evans, AMS, 1998.
2. We will cover most of Chapters 1 through 4.
3. Homework problems will be given regularly
in class. They will also be posted on the website. The assignments will
be collected and selected assignments will be graded.
4. There will be one inclass midterm exam
(tentative date: Tuesday, March 4), and one (3 hour) final exam during
final exam week.
Your course grade will be determined as follows:
25% homework + 25% midterm exam + 50% final exam
Letter grades (plus and minus) will
be given.
5. My office is in the Mathematics building,
room 226, and office hours are Tuesday and Thursday from 11 to 12.
6. The website is:
www.math.buffalo.edu/~hassard/649/.
There you will find the list of assigned problems and other
information.
| Mon Jan 14 | classes begin |
| Mon Jan 21 | Martin Luther King holiday - UB closed |
| Fri Jan 25 | drop day - no record on transcript |
| Tue Mar 4 | tentative date for midterm exam |
| Mon Mar 10- Sat Mar 15 | Spring recess |
| Fri Mar 28 | last day to resign from the course (R on transcript) |
| Mon Apr 28 | last day of classes |
| Tue Apr 29-Wed Apr 30 | reading days
| | Thu May 1-Thu May 8 | final exams
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