MATH 173 -- Applied Mathematics 1, Fall 1999

• Syllabus

  • Course Syllabus
  • Course Schedule

• Class Notes, etc.

  • Vector Calculus -- the essentials.
  • Fourier series solutions of boundary value problems
  • Exam 1 Solutions
  • Fourier Sine and Cosine series
  • A solution of the 2D wave equation

• Assignments

  • Discussion 1 -- Discussion 1 source
  • Individual Problem Set 1: From Haberman: 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.4.1 parts a,c,e,g, 1.4.3, 1.4.7 parts a,c. Due: in class, Tuesday, September 14.
  • Individual Problem Set 2 -- Individual Problem Set 2 source
  • Discussion 2 -- Discussion 2 source
  • Individual Problem Set 3
  • Lab/Problem Set 4
  • Lab/Problem Set 5
  • Lab/Problem Set 6
  • Discussion 3

• Information and Announcements

  • The final exam for this course will be given at 8:30 am on Friday, December 17.
  • Review Sheet for Final
  • Review Session for Final Exam: Tuesday, December 14, 7:00 pm - ??, in SW 302 (our regular class room).
  • Important Note: Because of a change in our department course schedule, my Office Hours this semester have changed to:
    1. MWF 9 - 11 am
    2. TR 1 - 3 pm
    3. and by appointment
  • Information on Unix on the Sun workstation network.
  • A Maple programming primer. This file is also available as a Maple worksheet at /home/fac/little/Classes/Numer-98/ProgPrim.mws. You can copy it and experiment, modify it, etc.

• Related Links

  1. Information on the workstation names in Swords 219
  2. Biographical information on Joseph Fourier
  3. Biographical information on Pierre-Simon Laplace
  4. Biographical information on Carl-Friedrich Gauss

• as .ps (PostScript) files from TeX documents. Clicking on one of these links in Netscape on the SW 219 lab machines will read in and display these files via a "PostScript previewer" called Ghostview. (You should see a screen image looking like the typeset page(s), in a separate window.) This display is printable. These files can be displayed on your computer only if you have a .ps previewer plugin for your web browser. Otherwise, clicking on one of these links will initiate a download. Unless you have a .ps previewer and/or .ps file printing software, those files will not be especially useful.
• As TeX source files. On the SW 219 lab machines, you can generate hardcopy output by clicking on one of the links marked foo source. This will initiate a download of the TeX source file to your directory, in the file you specify -- say you decide to call it foo.tex also. After completing the download, you can generate a printed copy in SW 219 by entering the following commands from a Terminal Window:
  1. tex foo.tex
  2. dvips foo.dvi
  The extension .tex on the filename in the tex command may be omitted if you have named the file foo.tex. The .dvi extension on the filename in the dvips command is also optional.

Last modified: December 3, 1999