Lecture plan/topics

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

If you spot any mistakes in some of the notes below, please let me know, so that I can correct them.

Day Topic Chapter Repetition Assumed knowledge from other courses
18.8 Introduction (selv study) 1 Repetition
ODE theory and needed notation 2.5-2.6  
Method of characteristics 3.2
19.8Method of characteristics3.2-3.4, Notes H,Notes K Repetition
25.8 Wave equation 4.1-4.4Repetition Even and odd extensions of functions 
26.8 Wave equation 4.1-4.4Repetition  
1.9 Wave equation 4.6Repetition  
 Vector calculus 2.6  
2.9 Wave equation 4.6-4.7Repetition 
8.9 Wave equation 4.6-4.7Repetition
 Heat equation6.1-6.4 6.1: selv study
9.9 Heat equation 6.4, Notes H Repetition  
15.9 Heat equation 6.4, Notes H Repetition  
16.9 Heat equation 6.4, Notes H Repetition 
Laplace equation  9.2, Notes H
22.9 Laplace equation  9.2, Notes HRepetition
\(L^p\) spaces 7.1-7.4, Notes K 7.1: inner product spaces, normed vector spaces
23.9 \(L^p\) spaces 7.1-7.4, Notes KRepetition  
29.9 \(L^p\) spaces 7.1-7.4, Notes KRepetition  
Weak derivatives 10.1  
30.9 Conservation laws 10.2, Notes KRepetition Green's theorem
6.10 Conservation laws 10.2, Notes KRepetition
Sobolev spaces 10.3-10.4
7.10 Weak solutions 10.5-10.6Repetition  
13.10 Poisson equation 11.1-11.3, 11.8 Repetition 11.8: selv study
14.10 Poisson equation11.1-11.3, 11.8Repetition  
20.10 Poisson equation11.4Repetition  
Dirichlet eigenvalues 11.5-11.7 Eigenvalues and eigenvectors
21.10 Dirichlet eigenvalues 11.5-11.7Repetition Orthonormal basis, properties of Hilbert spaces
27.10 Dirichlet eigenvalues 11.5-11.7
Distributions 12.1-3, Notes K Repetition There are several common notations for distributions: \(u(\phi)\), \(\langle u,\phi\rangle\), and \((u,\phi)\).
28.10 Distributions 12.1-3, Notes K Repetition  
3.11 Distributions 12.1-3, Notes K Repetition  
Fundamental solutions 12.4  
4.11 Fundamental solutions 12.4Repetition  
10.11 Green's functions 12.5  
11.11 Classification of linear PDEs Chapter 4.4 You must be inside the NTNU network, to have access.
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2025-11-04, Katrin Grunert