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== Chris Grant's Proposed Core Topics for Math 547/548 ==
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#  General Cauchy problem
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#* Cauchy-Kovalevskaya Theorem
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#* Lewy Example
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#  Method of characteristics for first-order equations
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#* Semilinear case
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#* Quasilinear case
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#* General case
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#  Quasilinear systems of conservation laws on a line
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#* Riemann problem
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#* Rankine-Hugoniot jump condition
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#* Entropy condition
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#* Shocks
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#* Rarefaction waves
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#  Classification of general second-order equations
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#  Canonical forms for semilinear second-order equations
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#  Classical theory for the canonical second-order linear equations on '''R'''<sup>''n''</sup>
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#* Laplace's equation
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#** Green's first and second identities
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#** Mean Value Principle and its converse
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#** Weak and strong maximum principles
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#** Uniqueness for the Dirichlet problem
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#** Poisson integral formula
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#** Existence for the Dirichlet Problem on a ball
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#** Fundamental solutions
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#** Green's functions
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#** Harnack inequality
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#** Liouville's Theorem
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#** Harnack's Convergence Theorem
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#** Existence for the Dirichlet Problem on domains with regular boundaries and for continuous boundary data
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#** Interior and exterior sphere conditions
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#* Wave equation
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#** Method of spherical means
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#** Hadamard’s method of descent
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#** Huygen’s Principle
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#** Conservation of Energy
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#** Domain of Dependence
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#* Heat equation
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#** Fourier transforms
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#** The heat kernel
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#** Existence for the IVP
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#** Weak and strong maximum principles
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#** Uniqueness for the IBVP
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== Desired Learning Outcomes ==
 
== Desired Learning Outcomes ==
  

Revision as of 14:11, 8 May 2008

Chris Grant's Proposed Core Topics for Math 547/548

  1. General Cauchy problem
    • Cauchy-Kovalevskaya Theorem
    • Lewy Example
  2. Method of characteristics for first-order equations
    • Semilinear case
    • Quasilinear case
    • General case
  3. Quasilinear systems of conservation laws on a line
    • Riemann problem
    • Rankine-Hugoniot jump condition
    • Entropy condition
    • Shocks
    • Rarefaction waves
  4. Classification of general second-order equations
  5. Canonical forms for semilinear second-order equations
  6. Classical theory for the canonical second-order linear equations on Rn
    • Laplace's equation
      • Green's first and second identities
      • Mean Value Principle and its converse
      • Weak and strong maximum principles
      • Uniqueness for the Dirichlet problem
      • Poisson integral formula
      • Existence for the Dirichlet Problem on a ball
      • Fundamental solutions
      • Green's functions
      • Harnack inequality
      • Liouville's Theorem
      • Harnack's Convergence Theorem
      • Existence for the Dirichlet Problem on domains with regular boundaries and for continuous boundary data
      • Interior and exterior sphere conditions
    • Wave equation
      • Method of spherical means
      • Hadamard’s method of descent
      • Huygen’s Principle
      • Conservation of Energy
      • Domain of Dependence
    • Heat equation
      • Fourier transforms
      • The heat kernel
      • Existence for the IVP
      • Weak and strong maximum principles
      • Uniqueness for the IBVP

Desired Learning Outcomes

Prerequisites

Minimal learning outcomes

Additional topics

Courses for which this course is prerequisite