Differential Equations 2

Course aim

To provide students with a formal development of a number of special functions from science and mathematics, and to demonstrate how they contribute to the solution of various classical applied problems

Course content

Series solutions of differential equations, Legendre and other orthogonal polynomials, the Method of Frobenius, Bessel Functions, Self adjoint form, Sturm Liouville problems, eigenfunctions expansions, Fourier series, Partial differential equations, Problems from applied physics.

Textbook(s)

Edwards, CH & Penney, DE 2008, Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems: Computing and Modelling, 4th edition, Prenctice Hall

Prerequisite(s)

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment 1, Assignment 2, Examination

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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