MCS 571: Numerical Analysis of Partial Differential Equations

Course Information

Title: Numerical Analysis of Partial Differential Equations (4 hours)
Lecture Time: Monday/Wednesday/Friday 10am - 10:50am
Lecture Location: Lincoln Hall 321

Personal Information

Office: 1219 Science and Engineering Offices (SEO)
E-mail: davidn ((at)) uic ((dot)) edu

Office Hours

Time: Wednesdays, 1pm - 2pm, or by appointment.
Location: SEO 1219

Textbooks

LeVeque, Finite Difference Methods for Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations.
Gockenbach, Understanding and Implementing the Finite Element Method.

Other References

Strikwerda, Finite Difference Schemes and Partial Differential Equations (Second Edition).
Johnson, Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations by the Finite Element Method.
Higham & Higham, MATLAB Guide (Second Edition).
Burden & Faires, Numerical Analysis, (Ninth Edition).
Faires & Burden, Numerical Methods, (Fourth Edition).
Cheney & Kincaid, Numerical Mathematics and Computing, (Seventh Edition).

Grading

Homeworks: 100%

Homeworks

Homework 1 due Friday, February 1 by 2pm.
- 1.1, 1.2
- 2.3, 2.4, 2.6
Homework 2 due Friday, February 22 by 2pm.
- 3.1, 3.2
- 4.1
Homework 3 due Friday, March 15 by 2pm.
- 5.1, 5.6, 5.8, 5.11
Homework 4 due Friday, April 12 by 2pm.
- 6.3, 6.5
- 7.4
Homework 5 due Friday, May 3 by 2pm.
- 9.1, 9.3(a)
- 10.1, 10.8

Tentative Schedule

Week	Sections
1	L: 1.1-1.5, 2.1-2.4
2	L: 2.5-2.10
3	L: 2.12-2.13, 2.15, 2.20-2.21
4	L: 3.1-3.7
5	L: 4.1-4.3
6	L: 5.1-5.5
7	L: 5.6-5.9, 6.1-6.3
8	L: 6.3-6.4, 7.1-7.2
9	L: 7.3-7.4, 8.1-8.3, 9.1-9.4
10	L: 9.5-9.8
11	L: 10.1-10.4
12	L: 10.5-10.8
13	G: 1
14	G: 2
15	G: 3

MATLAB Documentation

MATLAB Primer

Textbook Website