MATH 3150-04 — Partial Differential Equations for Engineering Students


Spring 2017


Instructor: Akil Narayan
Email: akil(-at-)sci.utah.edu
Office phone: +1 801-581-8984
Office location: WEB 4666 or CSC 214D
Office hours: Monday 3:30pm-5pm, Tuesday 3:30pm-5pm


Class meeting time: Monday, Wednesday 6:00pm - 7:20pm
Class meeting location: WEB (Watson) 1450
Textbook (required): Edwards, Penney, and Haberman. Linear Algebra and Differential Equations: with Introductory Partial Differential Equations, ISBN-13 978-1-269-42557-9, Custom edition for the University of Utah


Fourier series and boundary-value problems for the wave, heat, and Laplace equations, separation of variables in rectangular and radial geometries, Fourier transform.

The course syllabus is here: PDF

The Department of Mathematics provides drop-in tutoring services for this course. Please see https://www.math.utah.edu/undergrad/mathcenter.php for details. Note that you should schedule your visit during a time when a knowledgable tutor is available who can address your questions. Each tutor's specialties and schedule are shown on the webpage above.

Graded assignments


Individual grades for each assignment will be posted to Canvas. (uNID login required.) Note that the letter grades appearing on Canvas are not representative of predicted final letter grades for the course. Final letter grades will be computed according to the rubric and policies on the syllabus.

Homework assignments


Homework will be collected in-class on Wednesdays. Late work will not be accepted without advance approval from the instructor.

Problem set description Due date Homework
1 : Conservation and the heat equation January 18, 2017 PDF
2 : Equilibrium solutions and superposition January 25, 2017 PDF
3 : Separation of variables February 1, 2017 PDF
4 : Separation of variables February 8, 2017 PDF
5 : Laplace's equation February 15, 2017 PDF
6 : Fourier Series March 8, 2017 PDF
7 : The wave equation March 22, 2017 PDF
8 : The Fourier Transform April 12, 2017 PDF
9 : The Fourier Transform and PDEs April 19, 2017 PDF
10 : The Fourier Transform and the wave equation April 24, 2017 PDF



Miscellaneous handouts


The following are various relevant handouts.

Description Posting date Download
Quiz example January 11, 2017 PDF
Quiz 1 January 18, 2017 PDF
Quiz 2 January 25, 2017 PDF
Quiz 3 February 1, 2017 PDF
Midterm 1 formula sheet February 7, 2017 PDF
Midterm 1 February 22, 2017 PDF
Midterm 1 solution April 17, 2017 PDF
Midterm 2 formula sheet March 22, 2017 PDF
Midterm 2 April 6, 2017 PDF
Midterm 2 solution April 6, 2017 PDF
Final exam formula sheet April 17, 2017 PDF