Math 5440 - 1   Introduction to Partial Differential Equations       August 17, 2016
Math 6850 - 1   MWF at 10:45 - 11:35 in JWB 222
Homepage:       http://www.math.utah.edu/~treiberg/M5440.html

Instructor:     A. Treibergs, JWB 224, 581 - ­8350.
                Office Hours: MWF 11:45-12:45  & by appt.
                E-mail: treiberg@math.utah.edu

Prerequisites:  "C" or better in MATH 2280 OR MATH 3140 OR MATH 3150 OR consent of 
                instructor. 
                
Texts:          Walter A. Strauss, Partial Differential Equations: An Introduction, 
                2nd ed., Wiley (2007) ISBN-10: 0470054565 ISBN-13: 978-0470054567
 Grading
    Homework:   To be assigned weekly. Homework will be due Fridays and will be collected
                in class. Papers turned into my mailbox in the math mail room (JWB 228) by 
                4:00 PM Fridays before I leave will be regarded as being turned in on
                time. Homework that is late will receive half credit.

       Exams:   Exams will be closed book except that you will be allowed 
                to bring a "cheat sheet," an 8.5" x 11" piece of paper with 
                notes on both sides. Your text, notes, homework papers, 
                calculators laptops, tablets, phones, text messaging devices,
                and other books will not be allowed.

       Midterms:   There will be two in-class one-hour midterm exams on Wednesdays 
                   Sept. 28 and Nov. 9.  

       Final Exam: Wed., Dec. 14, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. Half of the final will be devoted
                   to material covered after the second midterm exam. The other half will
                   be comprehensive. Students must take the final to pass the course.

Course grade:   Two midterms 40% + HW 30% + final 30%.

Withdrawals:    Last day to drop a class is Sept. 2. Last day to add a class is Sept. 2.
                Until Oct. 21 you can withdraw from the class with no approval at all.
                After that date you must petition your dean's office to be allowed to
                withdraw.

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                services and activities for people with disabilities. If you will need 
                accommodations in this class, reasonable prior notice needs to be given
                the Center for Disability Services, 162 Olpin Union Building, 
                581-5020 (V/TDD). CDS will work with you and the instructor to make
                arrangements for accommodations. All information in this course can be
                made available in alternate format with prior notification to the Center
                for Disability Services  (www.hr.utah.edu/oeo/ada/guide/faculty/)

Faculty and Student Responsibilities:
               All students are expected to maintain professional behavior in the 
               classroom setting, according to the Student Code, spelled out in the
               Student handbook. Students have specific rights in the classroom as
               detailed in Article III of the Code. The Code also specifies proscribed
               conduct (Article XI) that involves cheating on tests, plagiarism and/or
               collusion, as well as fraud, theft, etc. Students should read the Code
               carefully and know they are responsible for the content. According to the
               Faculty Rules and Regulations, it is faculty responsibility to enforce
               responsible classroom behaviors, beginning with verbal warnings and 
               progressing to dismissal from class and a failing grade. Students have 
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               Faculty must strive in the classroom to maintain a climate conductive to
               thinking and learning (PPM 6-316). Students have a right to support and
               assistance from the University in maintaining a climate conducive to 
               thinking and learning (PPM 6-400).

Note:          The syllabus is not a binding legal contract. It may be modified by the 
               instructor when the student is given reasonable notice of the
               modification.
                              
Course Description: 
               PDE's model everything around us from vibrations of solids, flow of fluids, 
               diffusion of chemicals, spread of heat, the structure of molecules, the 
               interaction of photons and electrons and the radiation of electromagnetic 
               waves. This course provides an introduction to the techniques that have 
               proved useful in analyzing PDEs. In addition to reviewing Fourier Series 
               methods that work in special situations, we shall consider other tools that
               provide a qualitative description and approximations of solutions. The 
               student will develop an appreciation of differences in the behavior of 
               solutions of various types of PDEs.
 
	  We plan to cover Chapters 1-7 and selections from 9 - 11 time permitting.