Principles and Techniques of Applied Mathematics a.k.a. Intro. to Partial Differential Equations MATH 373 (Swords 328) Spring 2007

Professor Gareth Roberts

Office: SWORDS 326
Phone: 508-793-2350
E-mail: groberts@radius.holycross.edu     Please use this address instead of my GROUPWISE account!
Office hours: Mon. 11 - 12, Tues. 1:30 - 3:30, Wed. 11 - 12, Fri. 9 - 9:50 or by appointment.
(See my teaching schedule for other available times.)

NOTE: All downloadable files are PDF format unless otherwise noted.

Important Information

• Text: Fourier Series and Boundary Value Problems, Seventh Edition, James Ward Brown and Ruel V. Churchill
• Syllabus
• Departmental Statement on Academic Integrity
• College Academic Honesty Policy

Homework (due at the start of class)

• Assignment 1 (due January 26)
• Assignment 2 (due February 2)
• Assignment 3 (due February 12)
• Assignment 4 (due February 23)
• Assignment 5 (due March 19)
• Assignment 6 (due March 30)
• Assignment 7 (due April 13)

Exams

• Midterm Exam 1: Thurs., March 1, 6:00 - 7:30 pm, Swords 359
• Midterm Exam 2: Wed., April 18, 6:00 - 7:30 pm, Swords 359
• Final Exam: Saturday, May 5, 2:30 - 5:30 pm

Useful Links

• The mathematics (PDE's) of tsunamis
• MathWorld (online mathematics encyclopedia)
• ODE software (Java or Matlab versions by John Polking)
• Web Links for Mathematics/Mathematicians History
• The Greek Alphabet (learn how to say and write the symbols frequently found in mathematics literature)
• MathSciNet basic subject search

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