Department of Mathematics
Stony Brook University
office: Math Tower 5-111
phone: (631) 632-8287
e-mail: leon.takhtajan@stonybrook.edu
This course is an introduction to Fourier series and to their use in solving partial differential equations (PDEs). We will discuss in detail the three fundamental types of PDEs: the heat equation, the wave equation and Laplace's equation. These equations are important in many applications from various fields (mathematics, physics, engineering, economics, etc.) and illustrate important properties of PDEs in general.
Click here to download a copy of the course syllabus. Please visit the course website on Blackboard to see your grades and the solutions to midterms & exams.
Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:00am-11:20am in Harriman Hall 116
Leon
Takhtajan
Office hours: W 2:00pm-4:00pm and Th 2:30pm-3:30pm in 5-111.
Zhongshan
An
Office: Math Tower 3-106
Office hours: M 12:00pm-1:00pm, Th 6:00pm-7:00pm in
MLC Math Tower S-235 and W 5:00pm-6:00pm in 3-106.
Fangyu
Zou
Office: Math Tower 3-105
Office hours: M 9:00am-10:00am in 3-105 and 4:00pm-6:00pm in
MLC Math Tower S-235.
Grades will be computed using the following scheme:
Students are expected to attend class regularly and to keep up with the material presented in the lecture and the assigned reading.
There will be two midterms and a final exam, scheduled as follows: