Schedule

This schedule is final and isthe curriculum of TMA4212.

RLV = Randall J. LeVeque's book on finite differences

N = Note by Brynjulf Owren

Week Date RLV N Subject
2 13.01 and 14.01 Appendix E, A, C, ch. 1 chapter 1 and 2. Introduction to PDEs, background material, difference operators
3 18.01, 20.01 and 21.01 Appendix A.4. ch.2 :2.1,2.9,2.10,2.12,2.13 chapter 1 and 2 Difference formulae, boundary value problems.
4 25.01, 27.01 and 28.01 2.15,2.16. Ch.9.1–9.2 3.1-3.3 chapter 3. Boundary value problems. Parabolic problems.
5 01.02, 03.02 and 04.02 9.5,9.6, 9.7–9.9. 3.3–3.5 and 4.1–4.4, 4.6. chapter 4. Parabolic problems.
6 08.02, 10.02 and 11.02 3.1, 3.2, 3.4. 4.6, 4.8–4.9, 5 Parabolic problems. Elliptic equations.
7 15.02, 17.02 and 18.02 3 chapter 5. Elliptic equations.
8 22.02, 24.02 and 25.02 10.1–10.6. 7.1–7.4. Advection equations and hyperbolic systems.
9 03.03 and 04.03 Project work. No lectures.
10 10.03 and 11.03 10.7–10.13. 7.4–7.7 Advection equations and hyperbolic systems. Dissipation and dispersion.
11 17.03 and 18.03 Numerical solution of linear systems. Supervision of the project work.
12 24.03 and 25.03
14 07.04 and 08.04 Supervision of the project work.
15 14.04 and 15.04 bakground material. FEM 1. Finite element method: Rayleigh–Ritz and Galerkin principles and methods.
16 21.04 and 22.04 FEM 2D. Error analysis. Finite element method: Error analysis and extension to 2D elliptic PDEs.
17 04.05 Poster presentation.
2010-08-27, Elena Celledoni