TMA4212 Numerical solution of differential equations by difference methods - Spring 2025
| Date | Message |
|---|---|
| 08.05 | Just for clarification: The only permitted aid for the exam is an approved simple calculater. You are not allowed to bring your own copies of the notes of Owren and Curry, they will be available in Inspera. |
| 02.05 | Information from the exam office: You need to use permanent marker or pen when filling out the question codes and exam information. You can not use pencil or red ink. Use only black or blue ink. This applies to both filling out the question codes and the answer itself. |
| 02.05 | Supervision before the exam There will be a plenary question session Tuesday 20.05, 10:15-12:00 in S1. Please send me the questions in advance (the day before). The teaching assistents will be available Wednesday 21.05, 10:15-12:00 in S1 for last minute questions. |
| 26.04 | There will be no formula sheet at the exam, but the notes by Brynjulf Owren and Charles Curry will be made available in Inspera. |
| 01.04 | Some practical info at the end of the term - There will be no lecture on Monday 07.04. On Tuesday 08.04 I will be in the lecture room. We can do some old exam questions, or if you have something you want a recap on, send me an email about it in advance. - There will be a question session before the exam, time and place will be announced later. If you have questions before that, just contact me. - The curriculum for the course is everything listed in the Plan of Lectures, and all exercises with solutions. - The formula sheet for the exam will be available some time in week 17. - There will be no python coding at the exam. I wish all of you a nice easter vacation, and good luck with your exams! And for those joining the excursion: Have a safe trip! |
| 26.03 | The office hour today is cancelled. |
| 18.03 | The second project description is out. We have also made available a Jupyter notebook you can use for inspiration (if you like). It can be found on the project file. If you find mistakes in the project description, send an email to Anne, and she will update the file (with a comment on when it was updated). |
| 05.03 | The office hours today is cancelled. Send me an email if you have some questions. |
| 26.02 | Ad. Project 1: If you use a separate title page, it does not count as one of the 10 pages you have available. |
| 11.02 | The first project can be found on the exercise wiki page. Deadline February 28. The project is to be delivered on ovsys2. Please send the names of your group (consisting one to three people) to halvard [dot] o [dot] storbugt [at] ntnu [dot] no. If you cannot find a group and wish to be part of one, please let Halvard know. |
| 11.02 | The meeting hour Wednesday 12.02 is cancelled. |
| 21.01 | The mandatory exercise can be found on the exercise wiki page. Deadline January 31. |
| 02.01 | Welcome to the first lecture in the course: Monday January 6, 08:15-10:00. I look forward to see you! |
Lecturer:
- Office hours: Wednesday 14:15-15:00, in 1348, SB2
Teaching assistant:
- Halvard Olsen Storbugt, halvard [dot] o [dot] storbugt [at] ntnu [dot] no (from February 1).
- Office hours:
Student assistants:
- Eirik Fagerbakke
- Amandus Nygaard
Lectures:
- Monday 08:15-10:00, KJL5
- Tuesday 10:15-12:00, S1
Exercises:
- Thursday 16:15-18:00 in G21.
Teaching material
Main material:
- BO: Note on finite difference methods by Brynjulf Owren
- CC: Note on finite element methods by Charles Curry
- Additional notes on the course wiki
- Projects and exercises
Additional material
- JWT: J.W. Thomas: Numerical Partial Differential equations, Finite Difference Methods and Conservation Laws and Elliptic Equations
- JCS: J.C. Strikwerda: Finite Difference Schemes and Partial Differential Equations
Projects and exercises
There will be given two projects which together counts for 40% of the final grade. There will be one compulsory exercise. We will use ovsys2 to deliver and grade the assignments. If issues with ovsys arise, please contact Halvard Storbugt.
Deadlines:
- The compulsory exercise: Friday January 31.
- Project 1: Friday February 28.
- Project 2: Friday
March 28April 4.
The projects can be done in groups of up to three students.
Evaluation
Prerequisite: To take the final exam, you must have passed one project and the compulsory exercise.
The final grade is based on two project work (40%) and a 4 hour written exam (60%).
If you retake this course this spring, projects (but not the exercise) have to be done again.
Permitted examination aids: Approved simple calculator (check NTNU rules).
The notes by Owren and Curry will be made available in Inspera.
You are not allowed to bring your own copies of those!