Below is a course schedule. It contains an outline of course topics, homework, quiz and exam dates.
| Week | Date | Topics | Section | HW | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction and Laplace/Elliptic Equations | Ch1,2.2 | ||
| M 8/19 | Introduction | 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 | ||
| W 8/21 | Transport Equations $u_t + b\cdot\nabla u=0$, Laplace's Equations $\Delta u = 0$ | 2.1,2.2 | ||
| F 8/23 | Poisson's Equation $\Delta u = f$ | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | M 8/26 | Harmonic Functions, Mean Value Formula and Maximum Principle | 2.2 | |
| W 8/28 | Smoothness of Solutions, Liouville's Theorem | 2.2 | ||
| F 8/30 | Regularity Estimates | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | M 9/2 | Labor Day - No Class | ||
| W 9/4 | Analyticity | 2.2 | ||
| F 9/6 | Harnack's Inequality, Green's functions | 2.2 | Problem Set 1 Due | |
| 4 | M 9/9 | Green's functions and BVPs | 2.2 | |
| W 9/11 | Class Cancelled | |||
| F 9/13 | Poisson's Formula | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | M 9/16 | Energy Methods | 2.2 | |
| Heat/Parabolic Equations | Ch2 | |||
| W 9/18 | Heat Equation $u_t - \Delta u = 0$ and heat Kernel | 2.3 | ||
| F 9/20 | IVP, Duhamels principle | 2.3 | Problem Set 2 Due | |
| 6 | M 9/23 | Mean value formula | 2.3 | |
| W 9/25 | Maximum principle and uniqueness | 2.3 | ||
| F 9/27 | Regularity | 2.3 | ||
| 7 | M 9/30 | Energy methods and backwards uniqueness | 2.3 | |
| Wave Equation and Sobolev Spaces | Ch2 | |||
| W 10/2 | Wave Equation | Problem Set 3 Due | ||
| F 10/4 | Fall Break - No Class | |||
| 8 | Nonlinear first Order PDE | Ch4 | ||
| M 10/7 | Complete integrals and Envelopes | |||
| W 10/9 | ||||
| F 10/11 | ||||
| 9 | M 10/14 | |||
| W 10/16 | ||||
| F 10/18 | ||||
| 10 | M 10/21 | |||
| W 10/23 | ||||
| F 10/25 | ||||
| 11 | M 10/28 | |||
| W 10/30 | Take Home Exam 1 Due | |||
| F 11/1 | ||||
| 12 | M 11/4 | |||
| W 11/6 | ||||
| F 11/8 | ||||
| 13 | M 11/11 | |||
| W 11/13 | ||||
| F 11/15 | ||||
| 14 | M 11/18 | |||
| W 11/20 | ||||
| F 11/22 | ||||
| 15 | M 11/25 | Thanksgiving Break - No Class | ||
| W 11/27 | Thanksgiving Break - No Class | |||
| F 11/29 | Thanksgiving Break - No Class | |||
| 16 | M 12/2 | |||
| W 12/4 | ||||
| F 12/6 | ||||
| 17 | W 12/11 | Exam | ||