MATH 412: Theory of Partial Differential Equations. (3-0). Credit 3.

MATH 412-300: Theory of Partial Differential Equations

(Required) Christian Constanda, Solution Techniques for Elementary Partial Differential Equations, 2nd ed., CRC Press, 2010. ISBN: 978-1-4398-1139-9

Formulation and solution of partial differential equations of mathematical physics; Fourier series and transform methods, complex variable methods, methods of characteristics and first order equations.

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