MAT 341
Applied Real Analysis

Fall 2008

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FINAL EXAMINATION TUESDAY 12/23 8AM-10:30AM IN HUMANITIES 1003

 

Results of Midterm II
Class average = 54.5/100
Stem-and-leaf graph of scores:

9 338
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7 02467
6 0234778
5 0012245599
4 467889
3 458
2 0089
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Fall 2008 Staff, Schedule and Homework
This course is an introduction to Fourier series and to their use in solving partial differential equations. The course focuses on the heat equation, the wave equation and Laplace's equation; these equations are important in applications and also illustrate important properties of p.d.e.'s in general.

Prerequisite: familiarity with basic techniques in ordinary differential equations.

The text is David Powers, Boundary Value Problems, 5th Edition.

Each student should have a scientific calculator.

Grading: Final letter grades will be based on midterms (22.5% each), final exam (40%) and homework (15%). Homework will be collected at the first lecture each week.
Schedule in Fall 2008:
Lecture TuTh 9:50-11:10 in Stony Brook Union 231
For more information contact Prof. Anthony Phillips, Mathematics Department, 632-8259.
Email is best: tony@math.sunysb.edu.
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September 1 2008