Lecture plan/topics

This plan will be updated throughout the semester. Chapters refer to the book by Borthwick.

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Day Topic Chapter Assumed knowledge from other courses
23.8Introduction (selv study) 1
ODE theory and needed notation 2.5-2.6  
Method of characteristics 3.2
25.8Method of characteristics3.2-3.4, Notes H,Notes K
30.8Method of characteristics 3.2-3.4, Notes H, Notes K  
Wave equation 4.1-4-2   Even and odd extensions of functions
1.9 Wave equation 4.2-4.4  
6.9Wave equation 4.6 double and triple integrals, surface integrals 
Vector calculus2.6
8.9 Wave equation 4.6-4.7 
13.9 Heat equation 6.1-6.4 6.1: selv study
15.9 Heat equation 6.4, Notes H
20.9 Heat equationNotes H  
22.9 Laplace equation 9.2, Notes H
27.9 Laplace equation 9.2, Notes H
\(L^p\) spaces 7.1-7.4, Notes K 7.1: inner product space, normed vector spaces
29.9 \(L^p\) spaces7.1-7.4, Notes K 
4.10 \(L^p\) spaces7.1-7.4, Notes K 
Weak derivatives10.1
6.10 Conservation laws10.2, Notes KGreen's theorem
11.10Conservation laws10.2, Notes K
Sobolev spaces 10.3-10.4 
13.10 Weak solutions 10.5-10.6  
18.10Weak solutions10.5-10.6
Poisson equation 11.1-11.3, 11.811.8: selv study 
20.10Poisson equation 11.1-11.3
25.10 Poisson equation 11.4, Notes K Riesz representation theorem
27.10 Poisson equation 11.4, Notes K
Dirichlet eigenvalues 11.5-11.7Eigenvalues and eigenvectors 
1.11 Dirichlet eigenvalues 11.5-11.7 Orthonormal basis, Properties of Hilbert spaces
3.11 Dirichlet eigenvalues 11.5-11.7
8.11Distributions 12.1-3, Notes K [There are several common notations for distributions: \(u(\phi)\), \(\langle u,\phi\rangle\), and \((u,\phi)\).
10.11 Distributions 12.1-3, Notes K  
Fundamental solutions 12.4 
15.11 Fundamental solutions 12.4  
Green's functions 12.5 
17.11 Green's functions12.5  
 Classification of linear PDEsChapter 4.4 You must be inside the NTNU network, to have access.
24.11Exam 2021Focus: The problems you are most intersted in.
2024-07-05, Katrin Grunert