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Undergraduate Course: Differential Equations (VS1) (MATH09014)

Course Outline
School School of Mathematics College College of Science and Engineering
Course type Standard Availability Part-year visiting students only
Credit level (Normal year taken) SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits 10
Home subject area Mathematics Other subject area Specialist Mathematics & Statistics (Honours)
Course website https://info.maths.ed.ac.uk/teaching.html Taught in Gaelic? No
Course description Syllabus summary: Fourier transform, Power series and differential equations, systems of ODEs, separation of variables, orthogonal expansions and applications.
Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites None
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1) WebCT enabled:  No Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
King's BuildingsLecture1-11 12:10 - 13:00
King's BuildingsLecture1-11 12:10 - 13:00
First Class First class information not currently available
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes Stationery Requirements Comments
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)Differential Equations (VS1)2:0016 sides
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1. Solution of a linear system (in non-degenerate cases) using eigenpairs
2. Evaluation and application of matrix exponential (in non-degenerate cases)
3. Classification of planar linear systems (non-degenerate cases)
4. Determination of stability and classification of an equilibrium of a planar nonlinear system, by linearisation
5. Graphic use of integral of a conservative planar system
6. Acquaintance with Poincare-Bendixson Theorem
7. Acquaintance with basic partial differential equations and types of boundary conditions
8. Solution of first-order linear pde with constant coefficients
9. Solution of the wave equation by change of variable, leading to d'Alembert's solution
10. Acquaintance with notions of existence and uniqueness by example
11. Separation of variables for wave equation (finite string) and Laplace's equation (disc)
12. Handling Fourier series as orthogonal expansions, with an inner product and projection operator
13. Self-adjoint linear differential operators and their elementary spectral properties
14. The notion of completeness
15. Power series solution about a regular points of an analytic ordinary differential equation
16. Power series solution of Bessel's equation of order 0
17. Solutions of the wave equation for a circular drum
Assessment Information
Examination (100%)
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Transferable skills Not entered
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Study Abroad Not entered
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Keywords DEqV1
Contacts
Course organiser Dr Adri Olde-Daalhuis
Tel: (0131 6)50 5992
Email: A.OldeDaalhuis@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary Mrs Kathryn Mcphail
Tel: (0131 6)50 4885
Email: k.mcphail@ed.ac.uk
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