Instructor: Guergana Petrova
Office: 306 Milner
Email: gpetrova@math.tamu.edu
Phone: (979) 845-5298
Office Hours: MWF 10:30 am-11:30 am, or by appointment.
Grader: John Ward
Office: Milner 022
Email: johnward@math.tamu.edu
Phone: (979) 845-6730
Textbook:
A First Course in Wavelets with Fourier Analysis,
by Albert Boggess and Francis J. Narcowich, ISBN: 0-13-022809-5.
Prerequisites: Math 222 or Math 304 or Math 311,
some knowledge of computer programming.
Math 414 Web Page: The course schedule and other information can be found at http://www.math.tamu.edu/~gpetrova/Math414.html
Math 414 Description: Fourier series and wavelets with applications to data compression and signal processing.
Outline:
0. Inner product spaces
1. Fourier series
2. Fourier transform
3. Discrete Fourier analysis
4. Haar wavelet
5. Multiresolution analysis
6. Daubechies wavelets
7. Other wavelet topics
Grading System:
Exam 1: Wednesday, February 20, 7:00pm-8:30pm, 20 %
Exam 2: Wednesday, April 2, 7:00pm-8:30pm, 20 %
Homeworks, Quizzes and Project: 30 %
Final exam: Monday, May 5, 8:00am-10:00am, 30 %
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